Maximinus advanced on Rome to put down a revolt in what year?
238
236
240
243
Answer
In 238, the emperor Maximinus Thrax, a Thracian peasant who had risen through the ranks of the Roman army, advanced on Rome to put down a revolt led by the praetorian prefects Gordian I and Gordian II, who were both proclaimed emperors by the senate. The revolt was popular in Rome and Africa, but it was not supported by the provincial armies.
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