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Maximinus Thrax, Gaius Julius Verus

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Maximinus Thrax, Gaius Julius Verus (AD 173-238)

Roman emperor from 235. Maximinus was a Thracian shepherd who, owing to his enormous physical strength, gained command of a legion which he led in the emperor Alexander Severus's campaign against the Germans on the Rhine. There he persuaded the troops to murder Alexander and he was proclaimed emperor. He was killed by his own soldiers while besieging Aquileia, in northern Italy.



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