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 of the empire. His birth was noble, his fortune affluent, his manners liberal and affable.

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, refused, and the two began to argue just as the Praetorians burst into the room.

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 Year of the Six Emperors.

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 his political career. He held governorships of various provinces; he was consul twice. However, he had no military experience.

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 is not clearly known. One report points to the year AD 178, but AD 170 or 165 appear more likely dates.

Apr 8, 2001 · Balbinus, for his part, fearful that the whole affair was being staged by Pupienus to assassinate him, refused, and a fierce argument broke out between the two just as the guard, in a murderous rage, burst into the room, seized both emperors and dragged them back to their camp where, amid a hail of sword-blows and insults, they were hacked to ...

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 (218-222), we may assume that the influential senator was outside Rome.

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 discovering a way to deal with the emperor Maximinus.

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, Maximinus had reached the borders of Italy itself and the situation was becoming critical.