Gordian III

Gordian III ( Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius ) (v. 224 - 244) was Roman Emperor of 238 with 244.

He is the nephew of Gordien II and the grandson of Gordien I {{er}}, both emperors in 238. Maxime Pupien and Balbin succeeded the latter but the people asked so that Gordien III their barrel assistant. Also, when in the summer the 238 Praetorian eliminated Pupien and Balbin, they made recognize Gordien as emperor. Initially, it reigned under the direction of its relationship and close senators. Then in 241, it fell under the cut from Timésithée of which it married the girl. Of equestrian row and former governor, Timésithée became Préfet of the court.

In the East, the sovereign Sassanide Sapor Ier had conquered the Mésopotamie and attacked the Syria. Gordian forwarding carried out to counter it. While passing close to the Danube forwarding restores the order on the border.

He died in the return of a forwarding carried out on the territory of the Persian empire , at the edge of the Euphrate. It was believed a long time that he had been assassinated by his Préfet of the court Philippe, which succeeded to him. It is estimated today that it had been wounded with the combat or had been reached by a disease, and that Philippe, on the contrary, proved the attachment that it dedicated to him by building for him vast a Mausolée.

Still today, it is possible to perceive the consequences of the reign of the Roman Emperor. The first geographical maps of the old Persian empire can be seen in the national museum of Turkey.

Successive names

Towards 224, is born Marcus Antonius Gordianus
February 238, is made César by Maxime Pupien and Balbin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus Caesar
be 238, reaches the Empire: Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus
244, titulature with its death: Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribuniciae Potestatis VII, Imperator VII, Consul II, Patriae Lord's Prayer.

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