Gordian III Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
Gordian III was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 238 to 244 AD. To learn more about his reign and the historical context of that time, you can play a timeline game that challenges you to place events in their correct chronological order.
- The game tests your knowledge of key events during Gordian III’s rule
- You can improve your understanding of the sequence of historical events by playing
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- 238: Gordian III becomes Roman Emperor with the support of the Praetorian Guard
- 238: Gordian III appoints Timesitheus as his praetorian prefect
- 242: Gordian III launches a successful campaign against the Sassanid Empire
- 243: Timesitheus dies and is succeeded by Philip the Arab as praetorian prefect
- 243: Gordian III marries Philip's daughter, Furia Sabina Tranquillina
- 244: Gordian III campaigns against the Carpi tribes in Moesia
- 244: Gordian III dies under suspicious circumstances, possibly assassinated
- 244: Philip the Arab becomes the new Roman Emperor
- 249: Philip the Arab is killed in battle against the Persians
- 249: Gordian III is deified by the Senate
- 249: Decius becomes the new Roman Emperor
- 250: Decius launches a persecution against Christians
- 251: Gordian III's widow, Tranquillina, is executed by Decius
- 258: Gordian III's memory is officially condemned by the Senate during the reign of Valerian
- 260: The reign of Gordian III is rehabilitated by the Senate during the reign of Gallienus
- 260: Gordian III's image appears on coins during the reign of Gallienus
- 267: Gordian III's name is removed from the Senate's damnatio memoriae list
- 270: Gordian III's statue is erected in Rome
- 275: Gordian III's statue is destroyed during the reign of Aurelian
- 238-244: Gordian III's reign is remembered as a time of relative stability and military success