Ruler · 225 – 244

Gordian III

Lived 225 – 244; politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 238 – 244; also in the line of Roman Empire and Gordian dynasty.

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Lived: 225 – 244; 19 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 793rd of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

789 before

Pupienus238

Gordian II238

Balbinus238

Gordian III238 – 244

Philip the Arab244 – 249

Pacatian248

Silbannacus248

49 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 – 244 · 6 years · came to it aged 13

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 244, the year they died

Also in the line of Roman Empire (33rd of 79) and Gordian dynasty (3rd of 3).

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