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.

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