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Gordian III
Roman emperor (225-244)

Gordian I
Roman Emperor
Gordian II
Roman Emperor in 238 AD
Tranquillina
Furia Sabinia Tranquillina (c. 225 – aft. 244 AD) was the Empress of Rome and wife of Emperor Gordian III. She was the young daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus by an unknown wife.
==Father's rise to power and marriage==
In 241 AD her father was appointed the head of the Praetorian Guard by the Roman Emperor Gordian III. Timesitheus was known to have great influence over the emperor, who was only 16 years old in 241 AD, having become emperor at age 13 in 238 AD, sponsored in this position by the power of the Praetorian Guard. After becoming the head of the Praetorian Guard, Timesith
Relief of triumph of Shapur I over Valerian at Naqsh-e Rustam
relief in Fars Province, Iran
Maecia Faustina
daughter of emperor Gordian I and mother of Gordian III
Gordian dynasty
short-lived 3rd-century Roman imperial dynasty
Sasanian campaign of Gordian III
242–244 military campaign