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
Severus Alexander
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Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty and, at the age of 13, became the youngest so
Maximinus Thrax
…the nickname Thrax ("the Thracian") – he rose up through the military ranks, ultimately holding high command in the army of the Rhine under Emperor Severus Alexander. 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…
Bust, Musei Capitolini
Bust of young Severus Alexander, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Bust of Severus Alexander, Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse
The Portland Vase