1382 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES OF Elagabali 2, — Elagabalus comes to Rome. Coss. Imp. Caes. M. Aurel. Anton. (Elaga- balus) Aug. III. P. Valerius Eutychianus Comazon II. Elagabali 3. Coss. Gratus Sabinianus. Claudius Seleucus. Elagabali 4. — Elagabalus adopts and confers the title of Caesar upon Bassianus Alexia- nus (aet. 13), better known by the name of Alexander Severus. Coss. Imp. Caes. M. Aurel. Anton. (Elaga- balus) Aug. IV. M. Aurelius Alexander Caesar. Elagabalus (aet. 18) slain March 11th. Alexander Severus emperor (aet. 14). The jurists Ulpian and Paulus are among the counsellors of Alexander Seve- rus. Coss. L. Marius Maximus II. L. Roscius Aelianus. Alexandri 2. Coss. Claudius Julianus II. L. Bruttius Quinctius Crispinus. Alexandri 3. Coss Fuscus II. Dexter. Alexandri 4. Coss. Imp. Caes. M. Aur. Sev. Alex. Aug. II. Marcellus II. Alexandri 5. — The Parthian empire over- thrown by Artaxerxes (Ardishir), who founds the new Persian kingdom of the Sassanidae. Origen at Antioch. Coss Albinus. Maximus. Alexandri 6. Coss Modestus II. Probus. Alexandri 7.— Ulpian killed by the soldiers. Origen a presbyter. Coss. Imp. Caes. M. Aur. Sev. Alex. Aug. III. Cassius Dio II. Alexandri 8. Dion Cassius consul a second time : after his second consulship, he retired to Bithynia. Origen composes several works at Alex- andria. Coss. L. Virius Agricola, Sex. Catius Clementinus. Alexandri 9. Coss. . . . Claudius Pompeianus. T. Fl. . . . Pelignianus. Alexandri 10. — Alexander marches against the Persians. Origen leaves Alexandria and settles at Caesareia. Coss. Lupus. Maximus. Alexandri 11. — Alexander defeats the Per- sians in Mesopotamia, and returns to An- tioch. Gregory of Neocaesareia is the disciple of Origen at Caesareia. Coss Maximus. Patemus. Alexandri 12, — Alexander returns to Rome and triumphs. A.D. 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 Birth of Porphyry. Coss Maximus II. (C. Coelius) Urbanus. Alexandri 13. — Alexander carries on war against the Germans. Coss. Severus. Quinctianus. Alexander (aet. 27 ) slain by the soldiers in Gaul, February 10th. His mother Mam- maea slain along with him. Maximinus, emperor. Origen writes his De Martyrio, Coss. Imp. Maximinus Pius Aug. Africanus. Maximini 2. — Maximinus defeats the Ger- mans. Coss. (P. Titius) Perpetuus. (L. Ovinius Rusticus) Comelianus. Suf. Junius Silanus. Messius Gallicanus. Maximini 3. — Maximinus again deffeats the Germans and winters at Sirmium. Coss Pius. Proculus Pontianus. Suf. Ti. Claudius Julianus. . . Celsus Aelianus. GoRDiANUs I. and II., father and son, were proclaimed emperors in Africa, and are acknowledged by the senate : they were proclaimed in February and were slain in March. After their death, M. Clodius Pupienus Maximus and D. Caelius Bal- BiNUS are appointed emperors by the se- nate : they confer the title of Caesar upon Gordianus, a grandson of Gordianus 1. Maximinus hears of the elevation of the Gordians in his winter quarters at Sir- mium, and forthwith marches towards Italy. When he reaches Hemona, about 240 miles from Sirmium, he hears of the elevation of Maximus and Balbinus. He reaches Aquileia (60 miles from Hemona), and is there slain by his soldiers along with his son Maximus, in April. Maxi- mus, the emperor, was then at Ravenna : he returns to Rome, and is slain along with Balbinus, about the middle of June. The soldiers proclaim Gordianus III. emperor (aet. 12). Coss. Imp. Caes. M. Antouius Gordianus (III.) Aug. M. Acilius Aviola. Gordiani 2. Philostratus flfcirished. Coss Sabinus II. Venustus. Gordiani 3. — Sedition in Africa suppressed. Coss. Imp. Caes. M. Antonius Gordianus (III.) Pius Fel. Gordiani 4, — Gordian marries the daughter of Misitheus, and sets out to the East to carry on the war against the Persians. Sapor I. succeeds his father Artaxerxes as king of Persia. Coss. C. Vettius Atticus. . C. Asinius Praetextatus. Gordiani 5. — Gordian, with the assistance of his father-in-law Misitheus, defeats the Persians. Plotinus is in Persia.
