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Pupienus (Marcus Clodius Pupienus), Roman Emperor

PUPIENO (M. CLODIUS PUPIENUS), IMPERATORE ROMANO

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PUPIENUS (Marcus Clodius Pupienus), Roman Emperor. - Of his life before his election as emperor, it is known that he was praetor, suffect consul, ordinary consul (236) and prefect of Rome. After the death of the two Gordians, he was elected emperor by the Senate together with Balbinus (238).

He at once set out to march against Maximinus, and after the latter was killed at Aquileia (March 238), he returned to Rome where, however, having fallen into conflict with his colleague, he was killed together with him by the praetorians who had elected Gordian III (July 238). During his brief rule the Christians were not molested; the loathing that Maximinus's cruel policy had aroused did not counsel following his example.

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BIBL.: E. Stein, Clodius, in Pauly-Wissowa, IV, 88-98; A. Calderini, I Severi. La crisi dell'impero nel III sec., Bologna [1949], p. 135 ff. and passim.

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By Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 328.

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Amore, Agostino. “Pupieno (M. Clodius Pupienus), imperatore romano.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 328. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/pupieno-m-clodius-pupienus-imperatore-romano.

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Amore, Agostino. “Pupieno (M. Clodius Pupienus), imperatore romano.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 328. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pupieno-m-clodius-pupienus-imperatore-romano.

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  title     = {Pupieno (M. Clodius Pupienus), imperatore romano},
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  volume    = {X},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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