April 238 (aged about 80) Carthage, Africa Proconsularis
Spouse
Unknown, possibly Fabia Orestilla[3]
Issue
Gordian II
Antonia Gordiana
Names
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus[4]
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Augustus[5]
Dynasty
Gordian
Father
Unknown, possibly Maecius Marullus[6] or Marcus Antonius[7]
Mother
Unknown, possibly Ulpia Gordiana[6] or Sempronia Romana[7]
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Year of the Six Emperors
AD 238
Maximinus Thrax
Gordian I and Gordian II
Pupienus and Balbinus
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Gordian I (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus; c. 158 – April 238 AD) was Roman emperor for 22 days with his son Gordian II in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Caught up in a rebellion against the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, he was defeated by forces loyal to Maximinus, and he committed suicide after the death of his son.
^This bust was made about a decade before his accession to the throne.
^The exact chronology of events is unknown. See: Rea, J. (1972). "O. Leid. 144 and the Chronology of A.D. 238". ZPE9, 1-19.
^Historia Augusta, The Three Gordians, 17:4
^Southern, p. 86.
^Cooley, Alison E. (2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-0-521-84026-2.
^ abHistoria Augusta, The Three Gordians, 2:2
^ abSettipani (2001), Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale
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