Pupienus

Pupienus in Roman Biography

Pu-pi-e'nus Maxl-mus, (Clodius,) a Roman officer, who was elected (238 A.D.) emperor with Balbinus. He was killed in 239 by his mutinous soldiers...

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Pupienus in Wikipedia

Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus (born c. 164/178 – 29 July 238) was Roman Emperor with Balbinus for three months in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. The sources for this period are scant, and thus knowledge of the emperor limited. In most contemporary texts Pupienus is referred to, incorrectly, as 'Maximus' rather than by his family name of Pup...

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Pupiēnus Maxĭmus, M. Clodius in Harpers Dictionary

A Roman who was elected emperor with Balbinus, in A.D. 238, when the Senate received intelligence of the death of the two Gordians in Africa; but the new emperors were slain by the soldiers at Rome in the same year. See Balbinus....

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