Curated playlist
3rd-century murdered monarchs
- PostumusPostumus's troops killed him in 269 after he refused to let them sack a city. He had led a rival empire.
- CaracallaRoman emperor Caracalla was stabbed by a soldier while stopping to urinate on a road. He had turned 29 that very day.
- GallienusRoman emperor Gallienus was stabbed outside Milan after a false report of an enemy breakout.
- BalbinusBalbinus, a Roman emperor in 238 AD, is shown in armor on his own coffin. Written sources call him the civilian partner.
- Maximinus ThraxRoman emperor Maximinus Thrax never once visited Rome during his entire reign. His own soldiers killed him in 238.
- AurelianA forged list of officials marked for execution got Roman emperor Aurelian killed by his own officers.
- ElagabalusElagabalus became Roman emperor at fourteen and was dead before nineteen. His own grandmother arranged his murder.
- MacrinusMacrinus became Roman emperor without ever entering the Senate. He then ruled from Antioch and never visited Rome.
- Gordian IIIGordian III became Roman emperor at just thirteen years old.
- Severus AlexanderSeverus Alexander was ruling the Roman Empire alone by age thirteen.