Di origine Thraco-romana, Maximinus Thrax (173-238 CE) era un figlio di bassa nascita, e fu visto dal Senato come un barbaro e non un vero romano, nonostante la Costituzione Antonina di Caracalla che concede la cittadinanza a tutti i cittadini nati dall'Impero. Un soldato di carriera, massimo è salito attraverso le file fino a quando ha comandato una legione. Fu uno dei soldati che furono arrabbiati dai pagamenti dell'imperatore Severus Alexander alle tribù germaniche per la pace, e tracciò con loro per assasinare l'imperatore nel 235 d.C. La Guardia Pretoriana dichiarò imperatore Massimino dopo l'atto, una scelta che era solo gr

• Collaboratore: CPA Media Pte Ltd / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2B036G1
• Dimensioni dei file: 49,3 MB (1,2 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 4264 x 4043 px | 36,1 x 34,2 cm | 14,2 x 13,5 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 19 ottobre 2016
• Fotografo: Pictures From History

Altre informazioni

Questa immagine potrebbe avere delle imperfezioni perché è storica o di reportage.

Of Thraco-Roman origin, Maximinus Thrax (173-238 CE) was a child of low birth, and was seen by the Senate as a barbarian and not a true Roman, despite Caracalla's Antonine Constitution granting citizenship to all freeborn citizens of the Empire. A career soldier, Maximinus rose through the ranks until he commanded a legion himself. He was one of the soldiers who were angered by Emperor Severus Alexander's payments to the Germanic tribes for peace, and plotted with them to assasinate the emperor in 235 CE. The Praetorian Guard declared Maximinus emperor after the act, a choice that was only grudgingly confirmed by the Senate, who were disgusted at the idea of a peasant becoming emperor. Maximinus despised the nobility, and was heavy-handed in dealing with anyone suspected of plotting against him. In 238 CE, revolt arose in the province of Africa during his reign, with the governor Gordian I and his son, Gordian II, declared co-emperors. The Roman Senate quickly switched allegiance and acknowledged the claim of the Gordians. Maximinus immediately marched on Rome to deal with the Senatorial uprising. The Gordians were swiftly defeated and died after less than a month of being co-emperors, and the Senate being divided in how to act, some preferring Gordian's grandson, Gordian III, while others elected two of their own, Pupienus and Balbinus, as co-emperors. Rome became engulfed in severe riots and street fighting. Maximinus died before he reached Rome, assassinated by his own soldiers during the siege of Aquileia. Pupienus and Balbinus became undisputed co-emperors. Maximinus' reign is often seen as the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century, which would see the Roman Empire almost collapse from internal unrest, economic disaster and foreign invasions.

Parole chiave associate all'immagine

• 236 ce
• argento
• coino
• denarius
• gaius julius verus maximinus augustus
• imperatore
• imperatoreromano
• impero
• itala
• italiana
• johnny sysel
• maximinus
• maximinus i
• maximinus thrax
• monarca
• monarchia
• moneta
• righello
• rom
• roma
• roman empire
• romano
• soldi
• thrax