The reign of Maximinus Thrax in Greco-Roman historiography of the III-V centuries A.D


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The paper discusses the representation of the reign of Maximinus Thrax (235-238) in Greco-Roman historiography of the III-Vcenturies A.D. In the historical sources the reign of Maximinus Thraxis not presented as a significant turning point in Roman history. The authors, depicting Maximinus’s rule negatively, appraise other emperors of I-III A.D. significantly more severer. Thus the view of historians who question the concept that the crisis of the IIIrd century started in 235 seems reasonable.

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Pavel Lebedev
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation


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For citation: Lebedev P. The reign of Maximinus Thrax in Greco-Roman historiography of the III-V centuries A.D. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2015;(9):25-34. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2015-9-25-34

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