Ruler · 159 – 238

Gordian I

Lived 159 – 238; military personnel. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 238; also in the line of Roman Empire and Gordian dynasty.

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Lived: 159 – 238; 79 years
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died by suicide; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 789th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

785 before

Diadumenian218

Severus Alexander222 – 235

Maximinus Thrax235 – 238

Gordian I238

Pupienus238

Gordian II238

Balbinus238

53 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 238 · under a year · came to it aged 79

Left it: died by suicideWikidata's manner of death: suicide; hanging to death

Also in the line of Roman Empire (29th of 79) and Gordian dynasty (1st of 3).

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