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Magnus Maximus
Solidus of Magnus Maximus marked: d·n· mag(nus) maximus p·f· aug·
Roman emperor
(in the West)
Reign
Spring 383 – 28 August 388
Predecessor
Gratian
Successor
Valentinian II
Co-emperors
Theodosius I (East)
Valentinian II
Victor
Born
Gallaecia, Hispania
Died
28 August 388 Aquileia, Venetia et Histria, Italia
Spouse
Elen (traditional)
Issue Detail
Victor
"Sevira"
"Maxima"
Religion
Nicene Christianity
Magnus Maximus[1] (Latin:[ˈmaŋnusˈmaksimus]; Welsh: Macsen Wledig[ˈmaksɛnˈwlɛdɪɡ]; died 28 August 388) was Roman emperor in the West from 383 to 388. He usurped the throne from emperor Gratian.
Born in Gallaecia, he served as an officer in Britain under Theodosius the Elder during the Great Conspiracy. In 373, he was proclaimed emperor in Britannia, and in Gaul the next year, while Gratian's brother Valentinian II retained Italy, Pannonia, Hispania, and Africa. In 387, Maximus's ambitions led him to invade Italy, resulting in his defeat by Theodosius I at the Battle of Poetovio in 388. In the view of some historians, his death marked the end of direct imperial presence in Northern Gaul and Britannia.[2]
^Birley, Anthony (1983). "Magnus Maximus and the persecution of heresy". Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 66 (1): 24. doi:10.7227/BJRL.66.1.2. [Chronicle of Sulpicius Severus] 2.48.5: "iam tum rumor incesserat clemens maximum"... The reading "Clementem" led to the mistaken view that the emperor was called Magnus Clemens Maximus.
^"The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 500–c. 700" by Paul Fouracre, Rosamond McKitterick, p. 48
MagnusMaximus (Latin: [ˈmaŋnus ˈmaksimus]; Welsh: Macsen Wledig [ˈmaksɛn ˈwlɛdɪɡ]; died 28 August 388) was Roman emperor in the West from 383 to 388....
emperor MagnusMaximus in 383, the court of Valentinian in Milan became the center of Italy where several religious debates took place. In 387, Maximus invaded...
The first to adopt the inclytus alternative to maximus may have been the rebel augustus MagnusMaximus (r. 383–388). The word pontifex and its derivative...
Look up Magnus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century...
Roman usurper MagnusMaximus and the Eastern Roman Empire. Emperor Theodosius I defeated MagnusMaximus's army in battle. Later Maximus was captured and...
Cunctator, "the delayer" MagnusMaximus, Roman emperor from 383 to 388 Maximus of Moesia (fl. 89–117), twice consul Maximus of Hispania (409–411), Roman...
Gratian and Valentinian had been killed, to defeat the two pretenders, MagnusMaximus and Eugenius, who rose to replace them. Theodosius's final victory in...
different times, and under different circumstances. In 383, the usurper MagnusMaximus withdrew troops from northern and western Britain, probably leaving...
after, the Roman general MagnusMaximus had raised the standard of revolt in Britain and invaded Gaul with a large army. Maximus, who had served under the...
that Valentinian and Maximus placed a wager on a game that Maximus ended up losing. As he did not have the money available, Maximus left his ring as a guarantee...
agreement between Valentinian and MagnusMaximus in the summer of 384 which endured for several years. Under this agreement Maximus kept the western portion of...
been suggested: either Cunedda was acting under the orders of MagnusMaximus (or Maximus' successors) or Vortigern, the high king of the British in the...
eldest son Arcadius to co-augustus. Early 383 saw the acclamation of MagnusMaximus as augustus in Britain and the appointment of Themistius as praefectus...
emperors. Maximus controlled the praetorian prefecture of Gaul. He assumed the government at Augusta Treverorum (Trier), the prefecture's capital. Maximus soon...
third civil war of Theodosius's reign, after the two fought against MagnusMaximus (r. 383–388). In ecclesiastical history, the battle was remembered as...
inferior gluteal line. The gluteus maximus straightens the leg at the hip; when the leg is flexed at the hip, the gluteus maximus extends it to bring the leg...
the year 388, as the usurper and leader of the whole of Roman Gaul, MagnusMaximus, was surrounded by Theodosius I in the city of Aquileia. The invasion...
August 28 – MagnusMaximus surrenders at Aquileia, and is executed. Theodosius I devotes himself to gluttony and voluptuous living. Maximus' son Flavius...
After the death of Roman Emperor MagnusMaximus, Gracianus seized the throne of Britain upon receiving word of Maximus's demise, by whose orders he had...
medieval Welsh legend, which frequently confused his family with that of MagnusMaximus, who also was said to have wed a Saint Elen and sired a son named Constantine...
the year 388 when the usurper and leader of the whole of Roman Gaul, MagnusMaximus was surrounded in Aquileia by Theodosius I. The invasion is documented...
Andragathius was the Magister equitum of MagnusMaximus. He captured and murdered the Roman Emperor Gratian in 383, between Lyons and Grenoble. Andragathius...
exist in the cycle, alongside less "factual" characters: Taliesin, MagnusMaximus, Theodosius, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Vortigern, Constantine III, Myrddin...
August 28 – MagnusMaximus surrenders at Aquileia, and is executed. Theodosius I devotes himself to gluttony and voluptuous living. Maximus' son Flavius...
that legitimate royal authority began with MagnusMaximus. As told in The Dream of Emperor Maximus, Maximus married a Briton, and their supposed children...
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