Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus Explained

Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus (c. 200  - aft. 236 AD) was a Roman Senator.

Life

He was consul ordinarius in 236 as the colleague of emperor Maximinus I.[1] Maximus was the son of Pupienus, later emperor, and Sextia Cethegilla.[2]

He married Cornelia Marullina, born c. 205, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cossonius Scipio Salvidius Orfitus and wife, and had two children: Pupiena Sextia Paulina Cethegilla, born c. 225 and named after her paternal aunt, who married Marcus Maecius Probus, and Publius Pupienus Maximus.

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Notes and References

  1. [Alison E. Cooley]
  2. [Ronald Syme]