Pupienus

Reece Period attributed: Period 11

Member of the Third Century Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 238 until 238.

Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus was born in 164. He was elected, along with Balbinus, by the Senate as Emperor. The move was to oppose Maximinus in the north and make up for the untimely deaths of Gordian I and II. Balbinus and Pupienus were not popular with the people of Rome, who demanded a Gordian ruler; the two were forced to appoint the 13-year-old grandson of Gordian I as Caesar.

The joint emperors were successful in defeating Maximinus at Aquileia. When they got back to Rome, the two began to argue about who was the more important emperor. The Praetorian Guard never took to them, and in May of 168 killed them both. The Praetorians proclaimed Gordian III emperor.

Pupienus had a long, gaunt face and full beard.

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Other resources about Pupienus

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Pupienus
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupienus
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/75111555

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Pupienus
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• Predecessor: Gordian I, Gordian II
• Successor: Gordian III
• Definition: Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus (c. 168 – 238 AD) was Roman emperor with Balbinus for 99 days in 238, during the Year of the Six Emperors. The sources for this period are scant, and thus knowledge of the emperor is limited. In most contemporary texts he is referred to by his cognomen "Maximus" rather than by his second nomen (family name) Pupienus (Classical Latin: [puːpiːˈeːnʊs]).
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• Death place: Rome, Roman Italy
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  • List of Roman consuls
  • List of Roman emperors
• Came After:
  • Lucius Titus Claudius Quintianus
  • Gnaeus Claudius Severus (consul 235)
• Came before:
  • Lucius Valerius Maximus Acilius Priscillianus
  • Gnaeus Cornelius Paternus
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  • Year of birth uncertain
  • Imperial Roman praetors
  • 160s births
  • Pupieni
  • Roman emperors murdered by the Praetorian Guard
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Crisis of the Third Century
  • 3rd-century Roman emperors
  • 3rd-century murdered monarchs
  • Clodii
  • 238 deaths