Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus (c. 200 – aft. 236 AD) was a

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He was '' consul ordinarius'' in 236 as the colleague of emperor

Maximinus I Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax" ("the Thracian"; – 238) was Roman emperor from 235 to 238. His father was an accountant in the governor's office and sprang from ancestors who were Carpi (a Dacian tribe), a people whom Diocletian ...

. Maximus was the son of

Pupienus Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus ( 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 t ...

, later

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, and Sextia Cethegilla.

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, ''Emperors and biography : studies in the Historia Augusta'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971), pp. 173f 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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Christian Settipani Christian Settipani (born 31 January 1961) is a French genealogist, historian and IT professional, currently working as the Technical Director of a company in Paris. Biography Settipani holds a Master of Advanced Studies from the Paris-Sorbo ...

. '' Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale'', 2000 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pupienus Africanus Maximus, Marcus Imperial Roman consuls 3rd-century Romans 200s births Year of birth uncertain Year of death unknown Pupieni Sons of Roman emperors