Herodian, History of the Empire: Capelianus, governor of Numidia, sides with Maximinus and attacks Carthage; the untrained Carthaginian force…
Capelianus, governor of Numidia, sides with Maximinus and attacks Carthage; the untrained Carthaginian force collapses, and Gordian II is killed in battle, his body never found.
Gordian's Son, with all that attended him, fell in the general Slaughter;
Location: 7.9
Capelianus gathers Mauri troops and comes to Carthage to fight; the young Gordian, poorly trained, is defeated and dies in the same battle
Dum haec aguntur, in Africa contra duos Gordianos Capelianus quidam, Gordiano et in privata vita semper adversus et ab ipso imperatore iam cum Mauros Maximini…
Location: Gord. 15.1, 15.3
Place: Carthage
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