Emperor Gordian III

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3rd-century Roman emperor Roman emperor historical figure

Emperor Gordian III was a young 3rd-century Roman emperor whose brief reign (238–244 AD) was marked by campaigns against the Sassanid Empire and relative internal stability following the Year of the Six Emperors.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Gordian III	15
Emperor Gordian III canonical	2
Gordianus III	1
Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix (Gordian III)	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	3rd-century Roman emperor ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
achieved	victory at the Battle of Resaena ⓘ
ageAtAccession	about 13 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Emperor Gordian III ⓘ surface form: Gordianus III Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius ⓘ surface form: Marcus Antonius Gordianus
appointedBy	Roman Senate ⓘ
associatedWith	Third Gallic Legion ⓘ
battle	Battle of Resaena ⓘ
becameAugustusInYear	238 ⓘ
becameCaesarInYear	238 ⓘ
birthDate	225 ⓘ
birthPlace	Rome ⓘ
burialPlace	Shivta ⓘ surface form: Zaitha
cameToPowerDuring	Year of the Six Emperors ⓘ
campaignAgainst	Sasanian Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath	disputed ⓘ
coinageDepicts	Mars ⓘ Sol ⓘ Victory ⓘ
conflict	Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Sasanian Wars
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate	244 ⓘ
deathPlace	Mesopotamia ⓘ near Zaitha ⓘ
dynasty	Gordian dynasty ⓘ
era	Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ
father	Gordian II ⓘ
fullName	Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius ⓘ
grandfather	Gordian I ⓘ
heldRank	Caesar ⓘ
knownFor	relative internal stability after 238 ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
militaryAdvisor	Timesitheus ⓘ
mother	Antonia Gordiana ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the youngest Roman emperors ⓘ
opponent	Shapur I ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman emperor ⓘ
possibleCauseOfDeath	assassinated by his own troops ⓘ killed in battle ⓘ
praetorianPrefect	Philip the Arab ⓘ Timesitheus ⓘ
predecessor	Balbinus ⓘ Pupienus ⓘ
regnalName	Emperor Gordian III self-link ⓘ surface form: Gordian III
reignEnd	244 ⓘ
reignStart	238 ⓘ
religion	Roman paganism ⓘ
ruledOver	Roman Empire ⓘ
spouse	Furia Sabinia Tranquillina ⓘ
spouseFather	Timesitheus ⓘ
successor	Philip the Arab ⓘ
title	Augustus ⓘ Pater Patriae ⓘ pontifex maximus ⓘ surface form: Pontifex Maximus

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Jem Amphitheatre → constructionStartReignOf → Emperor Gordian III ⓘ

Emperor Gordian III → alsoKnownAs → Emperor Gordian III ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordian III

this entity surface form: Gordianus III

Emperor Gordian III → regnalName → Emperor Gordian III self-link ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordian III