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Events and trends

• Alexander Severus is slain in a mutiny led by Maximinus Thrax, ending the Severan Dynasty and beginning what is known as the Crisis of the Third Century.

Significant people

• Maximinus Thrax, Roman Emperor

233

• The Alamanni devastate the Agri Decumates.

238

• • — The Carpians allied with the Goths start to devastate Moesia.
  • — The Goths sack the city of Histria in the province of Scythia Minor.
  • — A huge fire devastates Rome.

239

• • — The Colosseum is restored after being damaged.