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	Maximinus Thrax
		Maximinus I, also known as Maximinus Thrax and Caius Julius Verus Maximinus, was Roman emperor in AD He was conspicuous as the first barbarian who wore the imperial purple, and as one of the emperors whose names are connected with the ten persecutions recorded by ecclesiastical historians.
		When that emperor lost the support of his troops, Maximinus seized his opportunity and organized a conspiracy which ended in the murder of Alexander and his mother at Mainz in 235.
		The hostility of Maximinus to his Christian subjects probably arose because of the favour they had enjoyed from the eclectic or syncretic sympathies of Alexander Severus.
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	Maximinus I, Roman Imperial Coinage of, Thumbnail Index - WildWinds.com
		Maximinus I Æ 33mm of Anemurium in Cilicia.
		Maximinus I Æ 39mm of Cremna in Pisidia.
		Maximinus Thrax Æ 28mm of Ninica-Claudiopolis in Cilicia.
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	Maximinus
		Traditionally the birth of Maximinus is stated as having been either in AD 172 or 173, as was believed by the ancient historians.
		Maximinus was truly a mountain of a man. Surely the largest man ever to hold imperial office, the Historia Augusta states him at 8 ft 6 in tall (2.6 metres), and so strong that he could pull an ox cart on his own.
		Maximinus knew that the war against the Alemanni was of paramount importance.
	www.roman-empire.net /decline/maximinus.html (1128 words)

	The Roman Principate: The Barracks Emperors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maximinus Thrax and the Gordiani (I and II): Under Severus Alexander (emperor 222-235), Maximinus held high command in the Army of the Rhine, and, when Severus was murdered, he was proclaimed emperor by the Rhine army.
		Maximinus Thrax quickly suppressed this African revolt; but he himself was soon deposed by the Senate at Rome.
		Maximinus and the army crossed the Alps and besieged Aquileia, in northeast Italy.
	www.societasviaromana.org /Collegium_Historicum/principate6.php (2408 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Maximinus Thrax
		Maximinus was born around the year 173 in a village in Thrace (roughly modern Bulgaria and the European portion of Turkey).
		Maximinus arrived to find his minimally supplied troops bogged down in a siege, while Pupienus was already in Ravenna raising troops and preventing a swift march into central Italy.
		The reign of Maximinus Thrax reveals what would be a growing reluctance of troops to accept senatorial commanders, a trend that would continue under other "soldier-emperors" of the third century.
	www.roman-emperors.org /maxthrax.htm (915 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Maximinus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He rose to high distinction after he had joined the army, and in 305 he was adopted by his maternal uncle, Galerius, and raised to the rank of caesar, with the government of Syria and Aegyptus.
		On the death of Galerius, in 311, Maximinus divided the Eastern Empire between Licinius and himself.
		Maximinus has a bad name in Christian annals, as having renewed persecution after the publication of the toleration edict of Galerius, but it is probable that he has been judged too harshly.
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	Maximinus Thrax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maximinus was born in Thrace or Moesia to a Gothic father and an Alanic mother.
		Maximinus was in command of the recruits from Pannonia, who were angered by Alexander's payments to the Alemanni and his avoidance of war.
		Maximinus also reversed Alexander's policy of clemency towards the Christians, who were viewed as unsupportive enemies of the state.
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	Maximinus Thrax - Archaepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maximinus is conspicuous as the first barbarian who wore the imperial purple and the first emperor never to set foot in Rome.
		Maximinus was born in Thrace or Moesia to a Gothic father and an Alanic mother.
		Maximinus was in command of the recruits from Pannonia, who were angered by Alexander's payments to the Alemanni and his avoidance of war.
	www.recceology.com /archie/index.php?title=Maximinus_Thrax&redirect=no (951 words)

	Kaiser Maximinus Thrax
		Maximinus, beliebt wegen seines Mutes und seiner soldatischen Eigenschaften, wurde daraufhin zum Kaiser ausgerufen.
		Maximinus unterbach seinen Feldzug und marschierte in Eilmärschen in Richtung Rom.
		Maximinus gilt als der erste in der Reihe der "Soldatenkaiser".
	www.romanum.de /romanum/data/biographien/thrax.html (550 words)

	Maximinus Thrax
		It is not known whether Maximinus had any previous knowledge of their plan but Herodian states that as the troops lined up to be inspected before training, they threw the purple imperial cloak over him and proclaimed him their new emperor and soon moved against Alexander.
		Maximinus took the lead by plunging into the marsh on horse-back (even though the level of the water came over the horse's belly), and killed many of the barbarians that resisted.
		Maximinus was resolved to punish the disloyal senate and the senate was resolved to remove Maximinus from power naming two senators, Pupienus and Balbinus, as co-emperors.
	www.cachecoins.org /maximinusthrax.htm (1597 words)

	Maximinus Thrax Biography
		Maximinus was acclaimed emperor by the army near Mainz in March 235.
		Maximinus eventually crossed the Rhine bridge in the summer of 235 CE, and spent the rest of the year fighting the Germans in the Taunus and Wurttemberg area.
		Maximinus crossed the Alps and was surprised and angry to find that the city of Aquileia, on the Adriatic coast of northern Italy, closed its gates against him, and refused all offers of an amnesty.
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	Roman timeline from 235AD to 268AD
		Maximinus marched on Rome, but at Aquileia Maximinus's troops, suffering from famine and disease, bogged down in an unexpected siege of the city, which had closed its gates to the advanced guard of his army, became disaffected.
		In the final year of Maximinus Thrax's reign, when Gordian was nearly 80, he served as proconsul of Africa, one of the most prestigious appointments for a senator and former consul, though the appointment fell to him by lot.
		In the biography of Maximinus Thrax and his son in the Historia Augusta, Gordian II is said to have been publicly declared emperor along with his father in Thysdrus before the pair departed for Carthage.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Maximinus Thrax
		Maximinus, a shepherd of enormous stature and strength, distinguished himself in a contest with the soldiers by such Herculean strength and bravery that the emperor enrolled him in the Roman body-guard.
		Maximinus, who had never once set foot in the capital of the empire, agreed with the senate.
		Maximinus arrived in Upper Italy, he could not at once cross the Isonzo on account of the floods and his attacks on the stronghold of
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	Maximinus Thrax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maximinus Thrax was a Roman soldier-emperor who spent his reign on campaign.
		Maximinus was a commoner born in Thrace about 173.
		Maximinus treated his men too harshly and they rose against him and killed both him and his son Maximus.
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		Called "Thrax" because of his origins, Maximinus despised Elagabalus but served as a tribune in the government and was greeted with joy by the new emperor, Severus Alexander, who gave him command of the recruits from Pannonia serving on the Rhine.
		Maximinus fought against the Sarmatians and Dacians from 236 to 238.
		Maximinus was one of the first soldier-emperors of the 3rd century, a victim both of his lack of education in Roman ways and of the last attempt of the Senate to influence imperial affairs.
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		Maximinus first campaign was against the Alamanni, who Maximinus defeated despite heavy Roman casualties in a swamp near what is today Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg.
		Maximinus immediately assembled his army and advanced on Rome, the Pannonian legions leading the way.
		In this predicament, they determined to defy Maximinus and elected two of their number, Pupienus and Balbinus, as co-emperors.
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	CoinArchives.com Search Results
		Maximinus Thrax - Domitius Domitianus RÖMISCHE KAISERZEIT Philippus I. Arabs-244-249 Antoninian (4,05 g), Rom 244/247.
		Maximinus Thrax - Domitius Domitianus RÖMISCHE KAISERZEIT Philippus I. Arabs-244-249 Antoninian (4,36 g), Rom zur 1000 Jahrfeier 248.
		Maximinus Thrax - Domitius Domitianus RÖMISCHE KAISERZEIT Philippus I. Arabs-244-249 Antoninian (4,35 g), Rom zur 1000 Jahrfeier 248.
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	Herodian Book VII [Maximinus the Thrax] 7.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Once Maximinus bridged the river, he was on the point of crossing to attack the Germans.
		Maximinus gave no once a chance to make a defence before a court, since everyone under suspicion was suddenly seized and ruthlessly executed.
		When they found one of ALexander's consular friends called Quartinus, who had been dismissed from the army by Maximinus, they seized upon him, and even though it was against his wishes and unplanned, they set him up as their leader.
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	Biography of Balbinus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus and Decius Caelius Calvinus Balbinus (both died on July 29, 238) were elected co-emperors by the Roman senate on April 22, 238 after the failure of Gordian I and Gordian II to defeat the usurper Maximinus Thrax.
		The grandson of Gordian I and future Gordian III was nominated Caesar to appease the population of Rome.
		Pupienus was sent at the head of an army to face Maximinus, and Balbinus stayed in Rome.
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	CHAPTER 3
		Julius Verus Maximinus was an obscure provincial, the son of a Thracian peasant who had risen in the army partly thanks to his physical strength and size.
		We may doubt that Maximinus was personally avaricious, but the needs of the state, especially military requirements, made necessary the infusion of considerable income, and Maximinus probably could have done little else.
		, however, remained loyal to Maximinus and he easily defeated the troops of Gordian I and II; the son was killed in battle and the father committed suicide.
	isthmia.osu.edu /teg/hist50303/lre03.htm (3970 words)

	238 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Carpians invade Moesia, Emperor Maximinus Thrax campaigns against them.
		In spite of the payment of a tribute, the Romans fail to persuade the Goths and the Carpians to withdraw from Moesia.
		The town of Aquileia takes the side of Roman Senate against Maximinus Thrax.
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	Römische Münzen der Soldatenkaiser ab Kaiser Maximinus Thrax
		Nach der Ermordung des Kaisers Severus Alexander und dessen Mutter Julia Mamaea bei Mainz wird mit Maximinus I. Thrax.
		Mittlerweile marschiert Maximinus mit seinen Truppen gegen das abtrünnige Rom.
		Nach der Ermordung des Kaisers Maximinus Thrax bei der Belagerung von Aquileia sind Balbinus und Pupienus unerwartet die alleinigen gleichberechtigten Kaiser Roms.
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	History: 3rd Century - phatmass phorum
		When the Emperor Septimus Severus was returning through Thrace in the year 202, Maximinus, a shepherd of enormous stature and strength, distinguished himself in a contest with soldiers by such Herculean strength and bravery that the Emperor enrolled him in the Roman Body-Guard.
		Refusing to serve under the worthless Emperors, Macrinus and Heliogabalus, Maximinus Thrax withdrew from the army, but under the righteous Alexander Severus he was entrusted with the command of the newly raised Pannonian troops.
		A mutiny suddenly occurred, Emperor Maximinus Thrax and his son were murdered.
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		In response to this and the Senate's recognition of opposition Augusti, he decided to crush Italy, but became bogged down in the unsuccessful seige of Aquilea in Northern Italy.
		Maximinus and his son, Maximus, were murdered by his troops who were discontent over the invasion of the homeland and likely encouraged by Rome to revolt.
		After three years of rule, Maximinus never made it to the city of Rome.
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	Maximinus I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maximinus Thrax eller Maximinus I (Caius Julius Verus Maximinus) föddes cirka år 173 i Thrakien.
		Maximinus var en militär som kom från en enkel bakgrund som dräng i Thrakien (därav tillnamnet Thrax).
		De fick slutligen nog och i mer eller mindre desperation höggs Maximinus och hans son ihjäl i sömnen.
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	Imperial coins - Maximinus Thrax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		MAXIMINUS THRAX - Son of a Goth and built like Hercules, Maximinus so impressed Septimius Severus that he was elevated from a lowly shepherd to a member of the Roman Guard.
		The Senate elected their own Emperors, and riots broke out between Maximinus' supporters and the general population.
		He marched on Rome (having never set foot in the city!) but was repulsed by floods and organized defence.
	www.romanrelics.com /maximius.htm (151 words)

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