Gordian III
Gordian, [Lat. Gordianus, (Marcus Antonius
Pius,)] grandson of the elder Gordian, was born about
225, and was proclaimed Caesar by the Roman people
when news arrived of the death of the two Gordians in
Africa. He was made colleague of the new emperors
Maximus and Balbinus, and after their death became
emperor, in July, 238 a.d. Gordian, accompanied...
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Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius (20 January 225 – 11 February 244), commonly known as Gordian III, was Roman Emperor from 238 to 244.
Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and an unnamed Roman Senator who died before 238. Antonia Gordiana was the daughter of emperor
Gordian I and younger sister of emperor Gordian II. Very little is known on his ...
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Marcus Antonīnus Pius, grandson, on the mother's side, of
the elder Gordianus, and nephew of Gordianus the younger,
was twelve years of age when he was proclaimed Caesar by
general acclamation of the people of Rome, after the news
had arrived of the death of the two Gordiani in Africa. The
Senate named him colleague of the two new emperors Max...
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