Gordian II

Gordian II (238 CE) was co-Emperor with his father Gordian I for just four weeks. He had a private library of 62,000 works.
He was the third Roman Emperor during the Year of the Six Emperors (238 CE).

1. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

NAME:
- Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus.
GORDIAN II’ DATES OF REIGN AS EMPEROR:
- 22 March 238 CE to 12 April 238 CE with his Father, Gordian I
GORDIAN II’ DATE OF BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Born: c.192 CE. Died 12 April 238 CE in the Battle of Carthage. Aged 46.
WHERE WAS GORDIAN II BORN AND WHERE DID HE DIE?:
- Born: Died in Carthage, Africa Proconsularis.
GORDIAN II’ PREDECESSOR:
- Maximinus Thrax
GORDIAN II’ SUCCESSOR:
- Pupienus and Balbinus, and eventually his nephew, Gordian III.
HEIR TO THE THRONE BECAUSE:
- His Father Gordian I proclaimed him co-Emperor.
DIED PEACEFULLY OR ASSASSINATED:
- He was killed by the African Legion, the Legio III Augusta who suppressed their Rebellion at the Battle of Carthage.
WHERE BURIED:
- His body was never found after the Battle of Carthage.
GORDIAN II WAS FAMOUS BECAUSE:
- According to Edward Gibbon, he had a Library containing 62,000 works.
- He was one of the six emperors during the Year of the Six Emperors.

Gordian II was one of the six emperors during the Year of the Six Emperors.
Gordian II was co-emperor with his father Gordian I in Carthage, for just one month, after the Province of Africa Proconsularis rebelled against the Tax Collectors.
The African Legion, the Legio III Augusta, suppressed the Rebellion at the Battle of Carthage, where Gordian II was killed, and Gordian I, his father, then committed suicide.