Gordian III and Philip the Arab: The Roman Empire at a Crossroads

The book is a dual biography of the emperors Marcus Antonius Gordianus ( Gordian III ) and Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus ( Philip the Arab ) during the Third Century Crisis. Gordian was the youngest emperor, raised to the purple at thirteen, and died on a campaign against the Persians. Philip succeeded him and made peace with Shapur I, but his reign was plagued by wars and rebellions, leading to his death at the Battle of Verona in 249. He was Rome's first Christian emperor, and it took fifty years for another Christian emperor to be crowned.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 336 pages
\n Publication date: 22 March 2021
\n Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The following is a dual biography of the emperors Marcus Antonius Gordianus ( Gordian III ,reigned 238-244) and Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus ( Philip the Arab ,reigned 244-249),focusing mainly on the political and military events during this crucial stage of the Third Century Crisis . The tumultuous Year of the Six Emperors saw Gordian raised to the purple at just thirteen years of age,becoming the youngest emperor in the Empire s history at a time when the borders were threatened by the powerful Sassanid Persians and the Goths,among others. Gordian died on a campaign against the Persians,either in battle or possibly murdered by his own men.Philip,succeeded Gordian,made peace with Shapur I and returned to Italy. His reign encompassed the spectacular celebration of Rome s millennium in 248 but the wars in the Balkans and East together with crippling taxation led to mutinies and rebellions. Philip and his brother had until then fought successfully against the Persians and others but this did not save Philip,who was killed by a usurper s forces at the Battle of Verona in 249 . He had been Rome s first Christian emperor and the author considers why it was fifty years before she had another.

The tumultuous Year of the Six Emperors saw Gordian raised to the purple at just thirteen years of age, becoming the youngest emperor in the Empire's history at a time when the borders were threatened by the powerful Sassanid Persians and the Goths, among others. Gordian died on a campaign against the Persians, either in battle or possibly murdered by his own men.

Philip, succeeded Gordian, made peace with Shapur I and returned to Italy. His reign encompassed the spectacular celebration of Rome's millennium in 248, but the wars in the Balkans and East, together with crippling taxation, led to mutinies and rebellions.

Philip and his brother had until then fought successfully against the Persians and others, but this did not save Philip, who was killed by a usurper's forces at the Battle of Verona in 249. He had been Rome's first Christian emperor and the author considers why it was fifty years before she had another.

\n Weight: 712g\n
Dimension: 164 x 242 x 26 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781526786753\n \n