# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordian-ii
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:48:42.896Z

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birthDate: "190"
deathDate: "0238-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 192, Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus became emperor alongside his father Gordian I in 238 during the Year of the Six Emperors, a brief revolt against the sitting emperor Maximinus Thrax. The joint reign lasted barely three weeks. Gordian II was killed in battle outside Carthage in April 238. Because he died before his father — who learned of his son's death and took his own life shortly after — Gordian II's time as emperor was even shorter than Gordian I's, a grim distinction that secured him a footnote as the briefest reign in Roman imperial history.