Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus (c. 200 – aft. 236 AD) was a Roman Senator.
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.
| Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens consul ordinarius | Marcus Pupienus Maximus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quintus Tineius Clemens consul ordinarius | Quintius Tineius Rufus consul 182 | Quintus Tineius Sacerdos consul suffectus ∞ Volusia Laodice | Pupienus Roman Emperor (238) ∞ Sextia Cethegilla | Marcus Ulpius Leurus senator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tineia | Titus Clodius Pupienus Pulcher Maximus consul suffectus | Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus consul ordinarius ∞ Cornelia Marullina | Pupiena Sextia Paulina Cethegilla | Marcus Ulpius Eubiotus Leurus suffect consul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucius Clodius Tineius Pupienus Bassus proconsul ∞ Ovinia Paterna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by Gnaeus Claudius Severus, and Lucius Titus Claudius Quintianus | Consul of the Roman Empire 236 with Maximinus Thrax | Succeeded by Lucius Marius Perpetuus, and Lucius Mummius Felix Cornelianus |