Maximinus Thrax | Wikipedia audio article
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Maximinus Thrax


00:01:16 1 Rise to power
00:03:58 2 Rule
00:04:07 2.1 Consolidation of power
00:05:03 2.2 Defence of frontiers
00:06:16 2.3 Gordian I and Gordian II
00:07:39 2.4 Pupienus, Balbinus, and Gordian III
00:08:33 2.5 Defeat and death
00:09:17 3 Politics
00:10:14 4 Appearance
00:11:53 5 See also



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Maximinus Thrax (Latin: Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus; c. 173 – May 238), also known as Maximinus I, was Roman Emperor from 235 to 238.
A Thraco-Roman of low birth, Maximinus was the commander of the Legio IV Italica when Severus Alexander was assassinated by his own troops in 235. The Praetorian Guard then elected Maximinus emperor.
In the year 238 (which 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 he was assassinated by disaffected elements of the Legio IV Parthica.
Maximinus is described by several ancient sources, though none are contemporary except Herodian's Roman History. He was a so-called barracks emperor of the 3rd century; his rule is often considered to mark the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century. Maximinus was the first emperor who hailed neither from the senatorial class nor from the equestrian class.