# 17 Wiki Journal

In the Wiki Journal today I read about Gordian II. He was a Roman Emperor in the year 238. he had a sister named Antonia Gordiana who was the mother of Gordian the III. He had his own coin that celebrated his military powers. Gordian II was the head of an army that where untrained. They fought but lost the Battle of Carthage. Gordian I then killed himself. By the end of 238 Gordian II'ds nephew Gordian III was named the Roman Emperor.