Back ماغنوس مكسيموس Arabic ماجنوس مكسيموس ARZ Magno Clemente Máximu AST ماقنوس ماکسیموس AZB Магн Максім Byelorussian Магн Максим Bulgarian Magnus Clemens Maximus Breton Magne Màxim Catalan Magnus Maximus Czech Macsen Wledig Welsh
| Magnus Maximus | |
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| Roman emperor | |
| Reign | Spring 383 – 28 August 388 |
| Predecessor | Gratian |
| Successor | Valentinian II |
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| Born | Gallaecia, Hispania |
| Died | 28 August 388 Aquileia, Venetia et Histria, Italia |
| Spouse | Elen (traditional) |
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| Religion | Nicene Christianity |
Magnus Maximus[1] (Classical Latin: [ˈmaŋnʊs ˈmaksɪmʊs]; Welsh: Macsen Wledig [ˈmaksɛn ˈwlɛdɪɡ]; 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 383, 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