Ababa

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According to the historically unreliable Historia Augusta, Ababa is said to have been an alanine and the mother of the Roman emperor Maximinus Thrax , who ruled from 235 to 238 , whom she got with a Goth named Micca. The same is reported by the late antique historian Jordanes , who refers to the historical work of Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus for his statements .

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  1. Historia Augusta , Maximini duo 1, 5f.
  2. Jordanes, Historia Romana 281 and Getica 83.