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Magnus Maximus (– August 28 , 388 ) was a Usurper of the Western Roman Empire from 383 until his death in 388 by order of Emperor Theodosius I . LIFE A Spaniard , Maximus was proclaimed emperor by his troops in 383, while serving with the army in Britain . Later legend made him King Of The Britons ; he handed the throne over to Caradocus when he went to Gaul to pursue his imperial ambitions. Following his destruction of Gaul, Maximus went out to meet his main opponent, Gratianus , who he defeated near Paris . Gratianus, after fleeing, was killed at Lyons on August 25 , 383. Soon after, he managed to force Valentinian II out of Rome after which he fled to Theodosius I , the Eastern Roman Emperor . Maximus made his capital at Augusta Treverorum (Treves, Trier ) in Gaul . He became a popular emperor, although also a stern persecutor of Heretics . Theodosius I and Valentinian II campaigned against Magnus Maximus in July-August 388 . Maximus was defeated in the Battle Of The Save , near Emona , and retreated to Aquileia . Andragathius, '' Magister Equitum '' of Maximus and killer of Gratian, was defeated near Siscia , his brother Marcellinus again at Poetovio . Maximus surrendered in Aquileia and although pleaded for mercy was executed. However, his wife and two daughters were spared. Maximus' son, Victor , was defeated and executed by Valentinian's ''magister peditum'' Arbogast in the fall of the same year. What happened to his family is not related, although it is clear that they survived and that his descendants continued to occupy influential posts. We encounter a possible daughter of Magnus Maximus, Sevira, on the Pillar Of Eliseg , an early medieval inscribed stone in Wales which claims her marriage to Vortigern , king of the Britons. Another daughter was possibly married to Ennodius, proconsul Africae ( 395 ). Their grandson was Petronius Maximus , who was another ill-fated emperor, ruling in Rome for but 77 days before he was stoned to death while fleeing from the Vandals on May 24, 455 . Other descendants included Anicius Olybrius , emperor in 472 , but also several consuls and bishops such as St. Magnus Felix Ennodius (Bishop of Pavia c. 514-21). LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS According to , or 'Little Britain'. EXTERNAL LINKS Historical Magnus
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