Gordian III
Roman emperor (225-244)
7 dated entries naming Gordian III, drawn from 6 separate years between 225 CE and 244 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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3rd century
- 225January 20 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (d. 244)source
- 238c. August – The Praetorian Guard storms the palace and captures Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged naked through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed the new emperor. Timesitheus becomes his tutor and advisor.source
- 241Winter – Emperor Gordian III reaches Antioch and, with his army, prepares an offensive against the Sassanids.source
- 242Emperor Gordian III begins a campaign against King Shapur I, and leads victories at Antioch, Carrhae, Nisibis, and Resaina.source
- 243Emperor Gordian III appoints Philip the Arab as his new praetorian prefect (after the death of Timesitheus) and proceeds with his campaign in Mesopotamia.source
- 244February 11 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.source
- 244February 11 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)source
Named in the same entries
- Antioch (2)
- Mesopotamia (2)
- Shapur I (1)
- Philip the Arab (1)
- Praetorian Guard (1)