Gaius Julius Verus Maximus (217/220 – May 238) was the son of the
Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax
Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax" ("the Thracian"; – 238) was Roman emperor from 235 to 238.
His father was an accountant in the governor's office and sprang from ancestors who were Carpi (a Dacian tribe), a people whom Diocleti ...
and his wife,
Caecilia Paulina
Caecilia Paulina (died in 235/236) was a Roman Empress and consort to Emperor Maximinus Thrax, who ruled in 235–238.
Name
Her full titulature, ''Diva Caecilia Paulina Pia Augusta'', is preserved on an inscription (). On her coins she is terme ...
.
Biography
The unreliable ''
Historia Augusta'' claims that emperor
Severus Alexander
Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235) was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his slain cousin Elagabalus in 222. Alexander himself was ...
considered marrying his sister
Theoclia to Maximus but declined because he believed his sister would not enjoy having a Barbarian for a father-in-law.
Maximinus appointed his son Maximus
Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, an ...
around 236, but he held little real power. Both were murdered by the
Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard (Latin: ''cohortēs praetōriae'') was a unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors. During the Roman Republic, the Praetorian Guard were an escort fo ...
in May 238, during the
Siege of Aquileia in the
Year of the Six Emperors.
Notes
References
External links
''Historia Augusta''(scroll down to "Maximinus the Younger")
3rd-century births
238 deaths
Crisis of the Third Century
3rd-century Romans
Julii
Caesars (heirs apparent)
Sons of Roman emperors
Heirs apparent who never acceded
{{AncientRome-bio-stub