Relationship Between Balbinus and Pupienus
The relation between Balbinus and Pupienus had been clouded with suspicion from the start, with both fearing an assassination from the other. They were planning an enormous double campaign, Pupienus against the Parthians and Balbinus against the Carpians, but they quarrelled frequently. It was during one of these heavy discussions, on July 29, that the Praetorian guard decided to intervene. They stormed into the room containing the emperors and killed them both. On the same day, the young Caesar, generally known in English as Gordian III, was proclaimed emperor.
Together Pupienus and Balbinus had ruled for a little more than three months. Coins from their short reign show one of them on one side and two clasped hands on the other to show their joint power.
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