Magnus Maximus

Reece Period attributed: Period 20

Member of the House of Theodosius dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 383 until 388.

Magnus Clemens Maximus was a commander in the army under Gratian. In 383 his disgruntled soldiers proclaimed Maximus emperor, and he set out to invade Gaul. Gratian’s troops deserted him and Maximus was left with Britain, Gaul, Spain, and Africa. He soon grew more ambitious and invaded Italy. Valentinian II fled to Theodosius, but the two emperors came back and drove out Maximus. He was defeated at Poetovio and executed near Aquileia.

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• Preferred label: Magnus Maximus
• Full names:
  • Magnus Maximus
• Title: Consul of the Roman Empire
• Predecessor: Gratian
• Successor: Theodosius I
• Definition: Magnus Maximus (Latin: [ˈmaŋnus ˈmaksimus]; Welsh: Macsen Wledig [ˈmaksɛn ˈwlɛdɪɡ]; c. 335–28 August 388) was Roman emperor in the western portion of the Empire from 383 to 388. He usurped the throne from emperor Gratian in 383 through negotiation with emperor Theodosius I. He was made emperor in Britannia and 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 Britain.
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• Birth place: Hispania
• Death place: Roman Italy, Aquileia
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  • Saint Elen
• Other title(s):
  • Consul of the Roman Empire
  • List of legendary kings of Britain
  • List of Roman emperors
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• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • 4th-century executions
  • Valentinianic dynasty
  • 4th-century Roman usurpers
  • People executed by the Roman Empire
  • Executed Roman emperors
  • 388 deaths
  • 4th-century murdered monarchs
  • 4th-century Christians
  • Characters in works by Geoffrey of Monmouth
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Arthurian characters
  • Roman emperors to suffer posthumous denigration or damnatio memoriae
  • Historical figures as candidates of King Arthur
  • British traditional history
  • 330s births
  • Ancient Romans in Britain
  • Mabinogion
  • 4th-century Roman consuls
  • Usurpers
  • Executed Spanish people