Pupienus

Names
	Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus
Regnal name
	Imperator Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus Augustus

Pupienus
Pupienus
Roman emperor
Reign	April/May – July/August 238
Predecessor	Gordian I and II
Successor	Gordian III
Co-emperor	Balbinus
Rival	Maximinus (until June)
Born	c. 164
Died	238 (aged approx. 74); Rome, Italy
Issue; Detail	Titus Clodius Pupienus Pulcher Maximus; Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus; Pupiena Sextia Paulina Cethegilla;
Names
Names
	Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus
Regnal name
	Imperator Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus Augustus
Father	? Marcus Pupienus Maximus
Mother	? Clodia Pulchra

Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus (c. 164 – 238) 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: [puːpiˈeːnʊs]).^[4]^[5]

^ For length stimations see: Rea, J.R. (1972). "O. Leid. 144 and the Chronology of A.D. 238". ZPE 9, 1–19. No contemporary or later sources give any definitive conclusion.
^ Zonaras (c. 1120) Epitome xvii.17. "[Pupienus] Maximus was seventy-four years old, Albinus sixty. According to some they reigned about twenty-two days [referring to Gordian I and Gordian II], but according to others not quite three months."
^ ^a ^b Cooley, Alison E. (2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-0-521-84026-2.
^ Association, American Philological (13 May 1940). "Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association". Association – via Google Books.
^ Webster, Noah (13 May 1852). "A dictionary of the English language. To which are added, a synopsis of words differently pronounced and Walker's Key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture proper names. Revised and enlarged, by C.A. Goodrich" – via Google Books.

[1] For length stimations see: Rea, J.R. (1972). "O. Leid. 144 and the Chronology of A.D. 238". ZPE 9, 1–19. No contemporary or later sources give any definitive conclusion.

[2] Zonaras (c. 1120) Epitome xvii.17. "[Pupienus] Maximus was seventy-four years old, Albinus sixty. According to some they reigned about twenty-two days [referring to Gordian I and Gordian II], but according to others not quite three months."

[Cooley-497-3] Cooley, Alison E. (2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-0-521-84026-2.

[4] Association, American Philological (13 May 1940). "Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association". Association – via Google Books.

[5] Webster, Noah (13 May 1852). "A dictionary of the English language. To which are added, a synopsis of words differently pronounced and Walker's Key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture proper names. Revised and enlarged, by C.A. Goodrich" – via Google Books.

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