Pupienus was emperor with Balbinus for 3 months in 238, during the Year of the Six Emperors. The Praetorian Guard resented serving under these two Senate-appointed emperors, and they siezed both emperors, tortured them, and hacked them to death in their bath house.

    

IMG_6677-20141004: Pupienus, in the Hall of the Emperors of the Palazzo Nuovo of the Capitoline Museum
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See also:

• My Pupienus photos