Gordian II (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus; c. 192 – April 238) was briefly Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in 238 AD, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage.

Gordian III (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 – c. February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the youngest sole emperor of the united Roman Empire .

2025年3月28日 · Gordian II (died April 238) was a Roman emperor who ruled jointly for three weeks in March-April 238 with his father, Gordian I. He was killed in a battle with Capellianus, governor of Numidia. This article was most recently revised and …

The Gordian dynasty, sometimes known as the Gordianic dynasty, was short-lived, ruling the Roman Empire from 238 to 244 AD. The dynasty achieved the throne in 238 AD, after Gordian I and his son Gordian II rose up against Emperor Maximinus Thrax and were proclaimed co-emperors by the Roman Senate.

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4 天之前 · Gordian II, also known as Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus, was a Roman emperor who ruled alongside his father, Gordian I, during a brief period in 238 AD. A sestertius coin featuring the Roman emperor Gordian II.

2001年6月26日 · Although warmly welcomed as emperor in Carthage, Gordian II found his reign to be nasty, brutish and short. Within three weeks of being proclaimed emperor, Gordian II lay dead on a battlefield outside Carthage in a failed attempt …

2013年11月25日 · Gordian II The Gordians pledged the suppression of all informers, a return of exiles, and bonuses for the army. Assuming the additional name of Africanus, on March 22, 238 CE, he left his home in Thysdrus and arrived in Carthage with his son Gordianus, a former governor and consul in his own right, at his side.

While Gordian I was hailed emperor by the troops in Africa, the Senate of Rome did confirm that status and declared Maximinus I to be a public enemy. Unfortunately, before the news of their confirmation arrived from Rome, Gordian II died in battle on April 12th, 238 AD at Carthage.

2020年8月5日 · Gordian II led whatever troops he had against Capellianus, trying to defend the city. But he was defeated and killed. On hearing this his father hanged himself. Why they did not flee to Rome, when faced by impossible odds and being in one of the Mediterranean’s most famous harbours is unknown. Perhaps they thought it dishonorable.