Date
0238-01-03
Category
Politics
Location
Rome, Rome, Roman Empire
Archive
Event #900
Gordian III ascended to the Roman imperial throne following a period of political instability known as the Year of the Six Emperors. At the age of thirteen, he was declared emperor by the Roman Senate after the deaths of Gordian I and Gordian II and the overthrow of Pupienus and Balbinus.
His accession marked a return to a young and relatively uncontroversial ruler, backed largely by the Senate and the Praetorian Guard. Despite his youth, Gordian III's reign initiated several military campaigns aimed at stabilizing the empire's frontiers.
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