Maximinus Thrax
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Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax" was Roman emperor from 235 to 238. Of Thracian origin – given the nickname Thrax – he rose up through the military ranks, ultimately holding high command in the ar
Bust, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Ruins of Imperial Palace at Sirmium, today in Sremska Mitrovica
Portrait in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Maximinus Thrax
Pupienus
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Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus was Roman emperor with Balbinus for 99 days in 238, during the Year of the Six Emperors. The sources for this period are scant, and thus knowledge of the emperor is lim
Maximinus Thrax
…came to be known as the Year of the Six Emperors), a senatorial revolt broke out, leading to the successive proclamation of Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus, Balbinus, and Gordian III as emperors in opposition to Maximinus. Maximinus advanced on Rome to put down the revolt, but was halted at Aquileia, where…
Bust, Capitoline Museums
Bust of Pupienus at the Vatican Museums
Denarius of Pupienus. Inscription: "IMP C M CLOD PUPIENUS AUG"