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    Maximinus Thrax: The Roman Emperor who never set foot in Rome.

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    It should come as no surprise that Maximinus spent heavily on campaigns, conducting near constant warfare and doubling soldier pay.

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    After a fierce battle with heavy losses near Baden and Wurttemberg, Maximinus prevailed, and established a short-lived peace in the region.

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    Keen to put an end to the incursion of the Germanic tribes, Maximinus crossed the Rhine and raided their villages.

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    Disgusted, the troops killed Severus and his mother in 235 CE at Moguntiacum, and then elected Maximinus to be their leader.

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    Suspicious of the nobility, Maximinus had many of Alexander Severus' close advisors killed, fearing they were plotting his demise(at least two conspiracies were uncovered).

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    The first conspiracy involved stranding Maximinus on the other side of the Rhine in hostile territory(during a campaign there) by destroying a bridge behind him;

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    As a result, the already overtaxed populace was forced to pay even higher taxes, which further alienated them from the ruling class- hurting Maximinus' popularity.

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    Beginning a fifty-year period where leadership of the empire passed between at least 26 men was the short reign of perhaps the largest emperor of Rome, Maximinus Thrax.

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    Although the Senate on the whole despised Maximinus, considering him a peasant and barbarian, they ultimately approved his position- it helps to have the army at your back.

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    According to contemporary and later historians, Maximinus Thrax stood over eight feet tall, could drink 18 bottles of wine in a night, and ate over 40 pounds of meat daily.

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    While it's not clear precisely how large Maximinus was(some historic sources claim a likely well exaggerated equivalent of eight and a half feet tall), Maximinus was widely reported as towering over his contemporaries both in height and muscular girth.

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    Learning of this, Maximinus continued his march to Rome, but by this time, even his own troops had grown weary of him, particularly after a long, unexpected siege of Aquileia that saw famine and disease spread throughout their ranks.

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    Adopting the name Thrax to denote his origins, Maximinus held posts as a legion commander in Egypt(around 232 CE), became governor of Mesopotamia, and was leading recruits of the Legio IV Italica in Germany by 234 CE, after being promoted to the position by the emperor, Alexander Severus(208- 235 CE).

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    Born Gaius Julius Verus in about 173 CE in Thrace(the area between the Aegean Sea and Black Sea that includes portions of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece today), young Maximinus entered the Roman military in 190 CE, and due to his enormous size and great strength, he quickly rose through the ranks.

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