Gordianus II

Sestertius Gordiani II

Gordianus II, accurate Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (natus circa annum 192; Carthagine mortuus die 12 Aprilis 238), viginti dies, a die 19 Martii usque ad diem 9 Aprilis 238, cum Gordiano I patre fuit imperator Romanus.

In pugna contra Capellianum, gubernatorem Numidiae, Gordianus II necatus est. Post duos menses, nepos Gordianus III imperator factus est.

Fontes de vita et principatu Gordiani

• Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus 26
• Eutropius, Breviarium 9.2
• Herodianus, Ab excessu Divi Marci libri 7–8
• Historia Augusta, "Gordiani tres" 1–16(Textus)

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Gordianus II spectant.

• Biographia a Michael L. Meckler scripta in De Imperatoribus Romanis (Anglice)

Bibliographia

• Barnes, Timothy D. 1958. "Philostratus and Gordian." Latomus 27:581–597.
• Carson, R. A. G. 1958. "The Coinage and Chronology of A.D. 238." Centennial Publication of The American Numismatic Society, pp. 181ff.
• Loriot, Xavier. 1972. "Les premieres années de la grande crise du IIIe siécle: de l'avènement de Maximin le Thrace (235) à la mort de Gordien III (244)." Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, 2, pars 2, pp. 659–718.
• Townshend, P. W. 1955. "The Revolution of A.D. 238: The Leaders and Their Aims." Yale Classical Studies 14:49–105.
• van Sickle, C. E. 1927. "A Hypothetical Chronology for the Year of the Gordians." Classical Philology 22.

Imperatores Romani