The 3rd century AD entered the history of Ancient Rome as a period of acute political and economic crisis, complicated by attacks from neighbors. Usually, the beginning of the period of chaos in the empire is counted from the year 235, when the emperor Alexander Severus was killed and the general Maximin Thrace was proclaimed the new ruler. His biography was characteristic of that difficult time. He was born in the 70s of the II century in Thrace, for which he later received the nickname Thracian. According to the Gothic historian Jordan, his mother belonged to the Goths, according to other authors, Maximinus came from the Thracian tribe...
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Emperor Alexander Severus: • Імператор Александр Се...
Негізгі бет Emperor Maximin of Thrace - "soldier emperor"
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