Maximinius Thrax ruled briefly as the Roman emperor from 235 CE to his death in 238 CE. The young Roman Emperor {Alexander Severus} secured the imperial throne after the assassination of his cousin Elagabalus by the Praetorian Guard in 222 CE. Thirteen years later in 235 CE, after unsuccessful assaults against the Parthians and Germans, the army, tired of his inability to command, murdered him and his mother, Julia Mamaea, and rallied behind a semi-illiterate barbarian commander named Maximinus Thrax. Unfortunately, his lack of support in the Roman Senate and several costly military expeditions would spell his own demise three years later.
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172 CE - 173 CEBirth of Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax.
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232 CEEmperor Maximinus Thrax commands a legion in Egypt.
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234 CEEmperor Maximinus Thrax is governor of Mesopotamia.
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Mar 235 CE - May 238 CEReign of Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax.
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May 238 CEAssassination of Emperor Maximinus Thrax.