Balbin
| Balbin | |
|---|---|
| Roman Emperor | |
 Balbin profile on a coin. | |
| Reign | |
| 22 April 238 - 29 July 238 (~ 3 months) | |
| Period | " Military Anarchy " |
| Predecessor (s) | Maximinus I the Thracian I. Gordian and Gordian II |
| Co-emperor (s) | Maxime Pupien |
| Successor (s) | Gordian III |
| Biography | |
| Birth | c. 165 |
| Original Name | Decius Caelius Calvinus Balbinus |
| Deaths | July 29 238 (~ 72 years) - Rome |
| List of Roman Emperors | |
Balbin was Roman Emperor from February to May 238 , in conjunction with Maxim Pupien.
Summary |
Biography
Early life
It arises in the course of 160 years and is a member of a senatorial family , sitting in the Curia.
His rise to power
Early in the year 238 , Maximin the Thracian , Emperor quite unpopular and violent, is subject to a revolt in Numidia. Large landowners to take arms against a tax officer, killing him and the soldiers responsible for his protection. They cheer Gordian I. , an old senator octogenarian emperor , who appointed once crowned his son Gordian II as co-emperor. They miraculously captured Carthage. However Capelianus , legate of Numidia , loyal to the emperor Maximin , will crush the revolt and liquid thieves.
However, the senate and Roman people, excited to be able to deprive the Emperor Maximin, rallied to the cause of Gordian. At the news of the failed revolt, a panic seizes the entire population, fearing some very bloody repression of the emperor usurped.
In this climate, who are appointed emperors Pupien Maximus , the head of armies, Balbin, charged with maintaining order in Rome. The unpopularity of Maxime Pupien , and the protests of the people, require the Senate to raise the nephew of Gordian II , the future Gordian III , the rank of Caesar , and heir of the two emperors.
His reign
Maximin learns all these events calmly as he is on the banks of the Danube. He decides, though failing to serious threat to march on Rome with his troops. He crossed the Alps without mishap, penetrates in Italy and came to the city walls of Aquileia , that Maxime Pupien transformed into a fortress, is well endowed with men and supplies. As the siege lasted, the morale of the troops of Maximin down, seeing the besieged feast under their nose while they have that hunger for food. The discontent is being keener, Maximinus undertaking to punish his generals, accusing them of undermining troop morale, and actually run a few for example. This unwarranted brutality causes loss of Maximin , a conspiracy of his soldiers because he and his son, they sent their heads to the Senate as a sign of submission to the new emperors.
The end
Maxime Pupien Balbin and little agreement, but it's praetorian guard , sidelined since the start of events and fearful of being replaced by soldiers siblings, who decides to act. (The head of the Praetorian Guard had also not appreciated that the senators are chosen rather than the military as new emperors)). So what celebrated the victory over Maximinus, the Praetorians pass suddenly into action, seizing the two emperors, are torturing so fierce, then dragging them across town to their barracks, where they complete.
Gordian III , hailed by everyone, they succeeded on 29 July 238.
Names successive
- To 178 , born Decius Caelius Calvinus Balbinus
- February 238 , accesses the Empire Imperator Caesar Decius Caelius Pius Felix Augustus Calvinus Balbinus
| Preceded by: | According to: | Followed by: |
|---|---|---|
| The Thracian Maximinus I. ( 235 - 238 ) I. Gordian and Gordian II (February 238 ) | Maxime Pupien and Balbin (February-May 238 ) | Gordian III ( 238 - 244 ) |
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