From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome
by
Paul N. Pearson
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
The first full-length biography of the half-barbarian emperor.
Maximinus was a Thracian tribesman of frightening appearance and colossal size” who could smash stones with his bare hands and pull fully laden wagons unaided. Such feats impressed the emperor Severus who enlisted Maximinus...