Gordian dynasty - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

After the defeat of one ruler from this dynasty, his father and co-emperor hanged himself and the Senate appointed Pupienus and Balbinus to defend Rome against Maximinus Thrax. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this dynasty, whose final ruler was possibly betrayed and killed by Philip the Arab after the death of his father-in-law Timesitheus. This third-century dynasty’s three rulers all ruled during the Year of the Six Emperors.

ANSWER: Gordian dynasty [or Gordianic dynasty]

[10e] Gordian III came to power after the assassination of Pupienus and Balbinus by this group. Both Timesitheus and Philip the Arab served as prefect of these imperial bodyguards.

ANSWER: Praetorian Guard [accept cohortes praetoriae]

[10m] During Gordian III’s reign, this coin was temporarily phased out in favor of the antonianus. The name of this silver coin refers to its being worth 10 asses and was the source of a standard Arabic term for currency.

ANSWER: denarius [accept denarii; prompt on dinar]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	67%	100%	67%
Canada	Main Site	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Florida	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	75%	50%	25%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	67%	100%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	5	18.00	80%	60%	40%
UK	Main Site	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Berkeley C	Berkeley A	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Western A	0	10	10	20
Central Florida A	Central Florida C	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	CWRU A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	CWRU B	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	Ohio State C	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	William and Mary	0	10	0	10
VCU	North Carolina A	0	10	0	10
Toronto E	Carleton University	0	10	10	20
North Carolina B	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	James Madison B	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Western C	Toronto F	10	10	10	30
Minnesota A	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
Washington A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	Washington B	0	10	10	20
Brown	Bowdoin A	10	10	0	20
MIT	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Harvard A	Yale	10	10	10	30
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Guelph	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech B	Bruin	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	WashU A	10	10	10	30
WashU B	Mississipi State	0	10	0	10
Kentucky	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Birmingham	10	10	10	30
Manchester	Cambridge A	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Swarthmore	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Columbia C	Rutgers A	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	John Jay	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Penn State	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Cardiff	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Cornell C	RIT	0	10	10	20