Little information on February Emperors birth and deaths

Could not find a emperors birth for this month but several for march post, here is a little info on the emperors of this month deaths,

Gordian III
MARCVS ANTONIVS GORDIANVS
January 20, 225 AD, Rome
supporters of Gordian I and II proclaimed him emperor, then the Senate; emperor until July 238 AD with Balbinus and Pupienus
April 22, 238 AD – February 11, 244 AD
February 11, 244 AD (aged 19)
Unknown
Gordian's wife Furia Sabinia Tranquillina


Jovian
FLAVIVS IOVIANVS
(EAST and WEST)
331 AD, Moesia
General of Julian's army; He was proclaimed emperor after Julian's death in 363 AD
June 26, 363 AD – February 17, 364 AD
February 17, 364 AD (aged 33)
Died either by poisoning or carbon monoxide
Jovian's wife Charito

 

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Too bad no emperor was born on this day, 23 February...

But on 23 February 1945, the Marines raised their flag on the summit of Mount Suribachi, in Japan.

It's not Antiquity, of course, it's contemporary history, but it was ancient, in a sense.

The iconic 1945 photograph was a reminiscence of an ancient Roman image of Victory. On the Gemma Augustea, a large cameo carved for the emperor Augustus (now in Vienna), we can see the same scene: Roman soldiers raising a trophy.