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NameFlavius Magnus Maximus Augustus Dux Brittanica
Birthabt 335, Gallaecia
Death28 Aug 388, Aquileia, Gaul
Birthabt 320, Iberia
Notes for Flavius Magnus Maximus Augustus Dux Brittanica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_MaximusMagnus Maximus was Western Roman Emperor from 383 to 388.
In 383 as commander of Britain, he usurped the throne against emperor Gratian; and through negotiation with emperor Theodosius I the following year he was made emperor in Britannia and Gaul – while Gratian's brother Valentinian II retained Italy, Pannonia, Hispania, and Africa. In 387 Maximus' ambitions led him to invade Italy, resulting in his defeat by Theodosius I at the Battle of the Save in 388. In the view of some historians his death marked the end of direct imperial presence in Northern Gaul and Britain.[1]
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Magnus Maximus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_MaximusMagnus Maximus , also known as
Maximianus and
Macsen Wledig in
Welsh, was
Western Roman Emperor from 383 to 388.
In 383 as commander of Britain, he usurped the throne against emperor
Gratian; and through negotiation with emperor
Theodosius I the following year he was made emperor in
Britannia and
Gaul – while Gratian's brother
Valentinian II retained
Italy,
Pannonia,
Hispania, and
Africa. In 387 Maximus' ambitions led him to invade Italy, resulting in his defeat by
Theodosius I at the
Battle of the Save in 388. In the view of some historians his death marked the end of direct imperial presence in northern Gaul and Britain. Although these increasingly neglected provinces remained part of the Roman Empire after Maximus, no significant Roman emperor ever went north of
Lyons again.
[1] However, as a balance to this view, the imperial career of
Constantine III between 407 and 411, who was also acclaimed emperor in Britain and acknowledged as co-emperor by a legitimate sovereign, can be viewed as a repeat of that of Maximus.
[2]