Maximinus Thrax

**Maximinus Thrax** (*Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax"*) (173?-238) is the Emperor at the beginning of Third Century Crisis, who assumed the throne after overthrowing Severus Alexander.

## In "Unbiased History"

### "The Severan Dynasty"

Thrax first appears as a thracian teenager during Septimius Severus reign as an 8 feet giant who easily matched the emperor's best men, taking on his hordes, he demanded to be put in the legions, he was still lacking discipline but still being better than some plebs that were in the legions, septimius accepted and put him in the legions.

Thrax returns during Severus Alexander's reign, now he was a respected *LEGATE,* and with the roman legions getting more angry at Alexander for his cowardice and cutting their payments to literally PAY THE G\*RMS, and also at his mother for being a manipulative tyrant, one day the legions made a choice and while Thrax had breakfast the legions proclaimed him emperor, initially confused he understood the situations and had Alexander and his mother killed, not knowing that this would start A CRISIS OF CHAOS.

### "The Crisis of the Third Century"

Thrax now the emperor began by doubling the legions pay sometimes brutalizing the plebs to pay up, he then defeated the g\*rms that were invading Gaul and then launched a punitive campaign against them, he later proclaimed his son as heir, and went to Sirmiun defending it against Dacians and Sarmatians. While the senate, like leeches attempted to kill him several times. After Gordian I and Gordian II failed usurpation and the senate proclaiming Pupienus and Balbinus and Gordian III as emperors and Thrax as an enemy, Thrax would put the senate on his genocide list marching south however he was stopped short when Aquilea denied passage, he sieged the city, however the city resisted a lot thanks to the walls and due to the duration of the siege, the starving and exhausted soldiers and Thrax very disciplinarian treatment on the shit soldiers, those shit soldiers got angry and they charged into his tent murdering both him, his officers and finally his son.

## "Trivia"

* Thrax is of Thracian origin, which along with his lowborn background caused resentment with Roman Senatorial Class.
* Contrary to Unbiased History, he is considered one of the worst emperors in Roman history--namely his further debasement of silver currency causing inflation crisis, harsh-handed rule, and his excessive taxation that also include forceful seizures of Roman citizens' properties--and the only thing for which he is represented as a Chad in the series, is for having killed his predecessor, fighting the Germans and being against the designs of the Senate.
* His bad reputation was due to the egoistical view of the senatorial authors which wrote history at that time and the damnatio memoriae issued by the Senate. Don't trust about the Senate, because it was a bunch of egos despite a few of them were alright.

* Compared to other four emperors that against him, Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus and Balbinus, Thrax was better than these four Senate trashes due to his military achievements in the frontiers, while other just usurp themselves brainlessly (Gordian I and Gordian II) and fought each other (Pupienus and Balbinus) Although Thrax was harsh, but when compared these four pieces of Senate sh\*t, he was far more better than them. He wasn't necessary the worst, just a poor emperor though.

* Thrax was the tallest emperor in Roman history, being 8'6 feet (2.6 meters) tall according to the Historia Augusta.