[Born, A.D. 192. Died at Carthage, in Africa, A.D. 238. Aged 46.] Eldest son of Gordianus Africanus, with whom he was proclaimed Emperor, in Africa, in opposition to Maximinus. He was defeated and slain by Capellianus, the Procurator of Numidia, who remained faithful to Maximinus. His instructor, Serenus Sammonicus, left him heir to a large library. Gordianus II. had a good knowledge of law, and cultivated literature. [From the marble in the Capitoline Museum at Rome.]