12th » Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage (238) called Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide.
22nd » Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Ancient Rome known as Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.