Uhlamvu lwemali lwamaRoma lwekhulu lesi-3, izenzakalo esikhuluma ngazo, udenariyu wombusi, owavusa ukuvukela umbulali ka-Alexander Sever, owabusa izinsuku ezingu-22 kuphela.
Ingabe ngidinga ukuchaza ukungavamile kukadenariyu onjalo. Futhi ukulondolozwa kwayo okuhle kakhulu kwenza uhlamvu lwemali lube ukutholwa okuyigugu kakhulu kochwepheshe bangempela bezinhlamvu zemali zaseRoma. U-Alexander Sever wabulawa eJalimane ngesikhathi sokuhlubuka okwakuholwa nguMaximinus the Thrace. Ngokusho kobufakazi babalobi basendulo, wayeyindodana yeSarmatian neGoth, okwenza kube nokwenzeka ngokuphelele ngemvelaphi yakhe kusukela endaweni ye-Ukraine yanamuhla. Wamisa umninimhlaba ocebile uMark Antony Gordian I Sempronian Romanus njengombusi wakhe e-Afrika, owayengaphansi kwezikhulu zaseRoma futhi waphatha izikhundla eziphakeme zikahulumeni izikhathi eziningana, kuhlanganise nenxusa lapho eneminyaka engu-64 ubudala.
Ekanye nendodana yakhe (eyaziwa ngokuthi uGordian II), nayo ebambe isikhundla sobunxusa, wahola isifundazwe sase-Afrika. Ngo-March 238, amasosha ayemiswe e-Afrika lapho eya khona iSigele avukela futhi, ngobuhlungu bokufa, aphoqa amaGordians ukuthi amukele iziqu zika-Augustus. Kungazelelwe, umbusi wesifundazwe esingumakhelwane saseNumidia, owayenebutho elinolwazi nelisebenza kahle kakhudlwana, waphuma ezosekela uMaximinus. Ekuvikeleni iCarthage ngo-April 238, uGordian II wanqotshwa futhi wabulawa, wabusa izinsuku ezingu-20. Lapho ezwa ngalokhu, uGordian I oneminyaka engu-80 wazibulala. Ngemva kokuphila isikhathi eside nenjabulo, waba isisulu sezimo, ekubeni ephethe izinsuku ezingu-22 kuphela.
