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238: 238 Births, 238 Deaths, Maximinus I, Gordian I, Pupienus and Balbinus, Gordian II, Year of the Six Emperors, Empress Yang Yan

238: 238 Births, 238 Deaths, Maximinus I, Gordian I, Pupienus and Balbinus, Gordian II, Year of the Six Emperors, Empress Yang Yan


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Chapters: 238 Births, 238 Deaths, Maximinus I, Gordian I, Pupienus and Balbinus, Gordian Ii, Year of the Six Emperors, Empress Yang Yan, Gongsun Yuan, List of State Leaders in 238, Junius Licinius Balbus, Philippus Ii, Battle of Carthage, Gaius Julius Verus Maximus, Wen Yang, Jia Fan, Lun Zhi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 58. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus (c. 173238), also known as Maximinus Thrax (i.e. Maximinus the Thracian) and Maximinus I, was Roman Emperor from 235 to 238. Maximinus is described by several ancient sources (none of which, except for Herodian's Roman History, was actually contemporary with Maximinus) as the first barbarian who wore the imperial purple and the first emperor never to set foot in Rome. He was the first of the so-called barracks emperors of the 3rd century; his rule is often considered to mark the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century. According to the notoriously unreliable Historia Augusta (Augustan History), Maximinus was born in Thrace or Moesia to a Gothic father and an Alanic mother; however, the supposed parentage is highly unlikely, as the presence of the Goths in the Danubian area is first attested after the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century. Sir Ronald Syme, writing that "the word 'Gothia' should have sufficed for condemnation" of the passage in the Augustan History, felt that the burden of evidence from Herodian, Syncellus and elsewhere pointed to Maximinus having been born in Moesia. Most likely he was of Thraco-Roman origin (believed so by Herodian in his writings), and the references to his "Gothic" ancestry might refer to a Thracian Getae origin (the two populations were often confused by later writers, most notably by Jordanes in his Getica), as suggested by the paragraphs describi...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2083


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157755173
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 60
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 100 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157755178
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 238 Births, 238 Deaths, Maximinus I, Gordian I, Pupienus and Balbinus, Gordian II, Year of the Six Emperors, Empress Yang Yan
  • Width: 229 mm


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