Maximinus Thrax
Roman Emperor (173-238) · Politicians · Died at 65
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Something wrong?The first Roman emperor who clawed his way up from pure military ranks - no Senate pedigree, no equestrian blood - and took the throne at swordpoint in 235 when his own troops killed the previous ruler.
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Born around 173 in Thrace, Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus rose through the legions to command the Legio IV Italica under Severus Alexander. When Alexander was assassinated by his soldiers in 235, the Pannonian army proclaimed Maximinus emperor on the spot. His ascent kicked off the Crisis of the Third Century, fifty years of civil war and fracture. By 238 - the Year of the Six Emperors - the Senate revolted, declaring a cascade of rivals: Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus, Balbinus, Gordian III. Maximinus marched on Rome to crush them but stalled at Aquileia, where soldiers of the Legio II Parthica turned and killed him three years into his reign.
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