The bloodshed in this period began when the city of Aquileia revolted against an emperor who was known for being very large.
One conflict during this period began when Tullius Menophilus, governor of Moesia Inferior, refused to pay bribes to the Carpi tribe. Another conflict during this period was stirred up by the assassination of an official in Thyrsdus, leading to a rebellion which was put down at Carthage by Capelianus, governor of Numidia. The figure who eventually held power at the end of this period was long a puppet of his father-in-law, Timesitheus. The bloodshed in this period began when the city of Aquileia revolted against an emperor who was known for being very large. After that emperor's death, Balbinus and Pupienus reigned during this period, along with a relative of the aforementioned rebels in (*) Africa, Gordian III. For 10 points, name this year that began with the murder of Maximinus Thrax, kicking off the Crisis of the Third Century, whose name refers to the multitude of emperors in that year.
One conflict during this period began when Tullius Menophilus, governor of Moesia Inferior, refused to pay bribes to the Carpi tribe.
Year of the Six Emperors (accept reasonable equivalents, accept 238 AD or 238 CE, prompt on less-specific time periods (e.g. "Crisis of the Third Century", "Third Century AD") until \'Timesitheus\', after which point they are just wrong)