Balbinus was an admired orator, a poet of distinguished fame, and a wise magistrate, who had exercised with innocence and applause the civil jurisdiction in almost all the interior provinces …

Balbinus (died 238) was a Roman emperor for three months in 238. A patrician, Balbinus was a Salian priest, twice a consul, and proconsul in Asia.

Pupienus, becoming aware of the threat, begged Balbinus to call for the German bodyguard. Balbinus, believing that this news was part of a plot by Pupienus to have him assassinated, …

Aug 7, 2020 · Balbinus was the son, either by birth or by adoption, of a high standing Roman named Caelius Calvinus. He was Roman emperor with Pupienus for three months in 238, the …

Oct 19, 2023 · Decimus Celius Balbinus, younger than Pupienus, was born around 178. He undoubtedly came from a very wealthy aristocratic family. Thanks to this, he quickly developed …

Name: Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus; Born AD ca. 170. Consul AD 203, 213. Became emperor in February AD 238. Wife: unknown. Died in Rome, May AD 238. The date of birth of …

Balbinus took up the task of civil administration, while Pupienus gathered an army to oppose Maximinus I who was now advancing on Rome itself in February 238 AD. By this stage, …

Balbinus. The dynasty of Septimius Severus and Caracalla lasted until 235. Because no source mentions any encounter between Balbinus and the religiously-minded emperor Heliogabalus …

Decius Caelius Calvinus Balbinus as an elderly senator was elected as co-emperor in 238. Both he and his co-ruler Pupienus Maximus had both been on a board who were in charge of …

Apr 5, 2009 · Balbinus' sarcophagus is a unique survival, and is considered a masterpiece of Imperial art. Roman Emperor. He was born into a patrician family circa AD 165, and served …