Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

History of Ancient Rome.

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Pupienus

History; Ancient Rome

Proclaimed joint emperor with Balbinus by the Senate in opposition to Maximinus; later co-emperor with Balbinus.

Balbinus

History; Ancient Rome

Proclaimed joint emperor with Pupienus by the Senate after death of Gordian I & II, in opposition to Maximinus. Later co-emperor with Pupienus and Gordian III.

Gordian III

History; Ancient Rome

Proclaimed emperor by supporters of Gordian I & II, then by the Senate; joint emperor with Pupienus and Balbinus until July 238 AD.

Trajan Decius

History; Ancient Rome

Governor under Philip I; proclaimed emperor by Danubian legions and defeated Philip in battle; made his son Herennius Etruscus co-emperor in early 251 AD.

Probus

History; Ancient Rome

Governor of the eastern provinces, proclaimed emperor by Danubian legions in opposition to Florian.

Diocletian

History; Ancient Rome

Proclaimed emperor by army after death of Numerian, and in opposition to Carinus; adopted Maximian as senior co-emperor in 286 AD.

Born in July 718, the only son of Leo III. Co-emperor since 720, he succeeded upon his father's death. After overcoming the usurpation of Artabasdos, he continued his father's iconoclastic policies ...