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Pupienus

170 - 238

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pupienus has received more than 975,443 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Pupienus is the 2,525th most popular politician (down from 2,013th in 2019), the 865th most popular biography from Italy (down from 738th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular Italian Politician.

Pupienus was most famous for being the man who stabbed Emperor Elagabalus to death.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pupienus ranks 2,525 out of 19,576Before him are Gwanggaeto the Great, Dagobert III, Muršili II, Muhammad I Tapar, Zimri, and Sancho III of Pamplona. After him are Tarō Asō, Irene of Hungary, Victor Lustig, Tomislav Nikolić, Georges Couthon, and Pavlo Skoropadskyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 170, Pupienus ranks 2Before him is Ulpian. After him are Philostratus, Guo Jia, Hippolytus of Rome, Herodian, and Pang De. Among people deceased in 238, Pupienus ranks 5Before him are Gordian I, Maximinus Thrax, Balbinus, and Gordian II. After him are Julius Pollux, and Gaius Julius Verus Maximus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pupienus ranks 865 out of 5,161Before him are Salvator Rosa (1615), Gentile da Fabriano (1370), Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Francesca Caccini (1587), and Scholastica (480). After him are Luciano Berio (1925), Francesco Hayez (1791), Veronica Franco (1546), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Giorgio Morandi (1890), and Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Pupienus ranks 173Before him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (1726), Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (-519), Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200), and Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776). After him are Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102), Hormizd I (250), Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500), and Francesco II Sforza (1495).