Gordianus II
Gordianus II, accurate Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (natus circa annum 192; Carthagine mortuus die 12 Aprilis 238), viginti dies, a die 19 Martii usque ad diem 9 Aprilis 238, cum Gordiano I patre fuit imperator Romanus.

In pugna contra Capellianum, gubernatorem Numidiae, Gordianus II necatus est. Post duos menses, nepos Gordianus III imperator factus est.

Fontes de vita et principatu Gordiani 
 Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus 26
 Eutropius, Breviarium 9.2
 Herodianus, Ab excessu Divi Marci libri 7–8
 Historia Augusta, "Gordiani tres" 1–16(Textus)

Nexus externi 

 Biographia a Michael L. Meckler scripta in De Imperatoribus Romanis (Anglice)

Bibliographia 
 Barnes, Timothy D. 1958. "Philostratus and Gordian." Latomus 27:581–597.
 Carson, R. A. G. 1958. "The Coinage and Chronology of A.D. 238." Centennial Publication of The American Numismatic Society, pp. 181ff.
 Loriot, Xavier. 1972. "Les premieres années de la grande crise du IIIe siécle: de l'avènement de Maximin le Thrace (235) à la mort de Gordien III (244)." Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, 2, pars 2, pp. 659–718.
 Townshend, P. W. 1955. "The Revolution of A.D. 238: The Leaders and Their Aims." Yale Classical Studies 14:49–105.
 van Sickle, C. E. 1927. "A Hypothetical Chronology for the Year of the Gordians." Classical Philology 22.

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