id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9574 Antonia Gordiana - Wikipedia .html text/html 1473 254 61 She bore her husband a son, Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius (known as Gordian III), born 20 January 225. The name of Gordian (as we know him) he assumed when he became Roman Emperor. After the brief reigns of her father and brother, the Roman Senate in April appointed Balbinus and Pupienus as joint emperors. During the brief reign of Balbinus and Pupienus, her son became popular with Roman citizens and the joint emperors were forced to adopt her son as their heir. On July 29 238, Balbinus and Pupienus were both murdered by the Praetorian Guard and later that day her son became the new Roman Emperor. Later, in May of that year, Gordian would marry Timesitheus' daughter Tranquillina, who became Roman Empress. Timesitheus died in 243, and Gordian appointed the ambitious Philip the Arab as the new prefect. Daughters of Roman emperors ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9574.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9574.txt