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Gaius Julius Verus Maximus
Gaius Iulius Verus Maximus (217/220 – May 238), also incorrectly called Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus or Maximinus the Younger was the son of the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax and his wife, Caecilia Paulina.
Life.
Maximinus appointed his son Maximus "Caesar" around 236, but he held little real power. Both were murdered by the Praetorian Guard in May 238, during the Siege of Aquileia in the Year of the Six Emperors.
External links.
- "Historia Augusta" (
work was lost, only the sections of his "History" covering the period 353–378 are extant. In a later passage, however, Marcellinus refers to the Empress as the good wife of the difficult husband who had:
Paulina had one son, Gaius Julius Verus Maximus, appointed Caesar in 236 by his father, but both men were murdered by the soldiers in May 238. Paulina probably died around late 235 or early 236, as Maximus had her deified in 236.
The city of Anazarbus in Cilicia struck coins