Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus

Gaius Furius Aquila Sabinius Timesitheus († 243) was one of the chief advisers of the young Roman emperor Gordian III. , Under which he last held the office of praetorian prefect.

Timesitheus was a Roman knight, and had his career apparently began under Emperor Caracalla. Under Elagabalus he served in Hispania as auxiliary troops prefect, 218 and 222, he held the position of Procurators in Roman Arabia, to 220, he held a civilian administrative positions in the Rhine provinces. More chivalrous offices followed, with Timesitheus apparently proved to be flexible and universally applicable official. To add a recording to the Senate however, he seems to have not tried. 232 was his responsibility to the financial coordination of the moderately successful war of Emperor Severus Alexander against the Sassanids, then he proved himself in the following years on various items in Gaul - so he acquired under Maximinus Thrax the dubious reputation of being particularly successful in increasing state revenues to have - and was eventually appointed 241 for praetorian prefect. It apparently succeeded very quickly becoming the authoritative figure at the court and the young, inexperienced Gordian III. to bind to itself. In the spring of 241 married the Emperor Timesitheus ' daughter Furia Sabinia Tranquillina what this de facto made ​​co-regent.

Despite its abundance of power, the praetorian prefect evidently proved to be a loyal helper of the emperor, whose regime he supported crucial. It is not apparent that Timesitheus would have sought even after the throne; it was enough for him well to be the father of the ruler. 243 he moved together with Gordian against the Sassanids under Shapur I, where the Roman troops could inflict a crushing defeat in the first battle. The sudden death of Timesitheus shortly after this most likely still under his command -won victory then had far-reaching consequences; his successor as praetorian prefect was from Arabia originating Marcus Julius Philippus, who was to assume the imperial purple after a defeat of the Romans at the Battle of Mesiche 244 and the mysterious death of Gordian as Philip the Arab.