Ruler · 173 – 238

Maximinus Thrax

Lived 173 – 238; politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 235 – 238; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 173 – 238; 65 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 788th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

784 before

Elagabalus218 – 222

Diadumenian218

Severus Alexander222 – 235

Maximinus Thrax235 – 238

Gordian I238

Pupienus238

Gordian II238

54 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 235 – 238 · 3 years · came to it aged 62

Came to it: seized power
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

After Severus was murdered in 235, Maximinus was proclaimed emperor by the army, beginning the Crisis of the Third Century, a 50-year period of instability and civil war.

Also in the line of Roman Empire (28th of 79).

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