Maximus
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Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connection it may refer to:
People
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, magister equitum in 325 or 324, consul in 322, 310, 308, 297, and 295 BC, dictator in 315 and censor in 304, princeps senatus; triumphed in 322, 309, and 295.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (c. 280–203 BC), surnamed Cunctator, "the delayer"
- Magnus Maximus, Roman emperor from 383 to 388
- Maximus of Moesia (fl. 89–117), twice consul
- Maximus of Hispania (409–411), Roman usurper
- Petronius Maximus (396–455), Western Roman Emperor for two and a half months in 455
Authors and philosophers
- Valerius Maximus, 1st-century historian
- Claudius Maximus, 2nd-century Stoic, teacher of emperor Marcus Aurelius
- Maximus of Tyre, 2nd-century Greek philosopher and rhetorician
- Maximus of Ephesus (died 372), 4th-century philosopher, preceptor of emperor Julian
- Ibn Arabi (1165–1240), Muslim mystic and philosopher, called Doctor Maximus
- Maximus Planudes (c. 1260 – c. 1305), Greek monk, anthologist, translator and theologian
Christian saints
Christian bishops and patriarchs
Fictional characters
- Antillar Maximus, a character in Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series
- Flattus Maximus, lead guitarist of heavy metal act GWAR
- Fortress Maximus, a giant Autobot from the Transformers franchise
- Maximus, a supporting character, the name of a horse in Disney's Tangled
- Maximus (comics), a Marvel Comics villain who frequently opposes the Fantastic Four and the Royal Family of the Inhumans
- Maximus Decimus Meridius, the main character in Ridley Scott's film, Gladiator
- Maximus Mayhem, an antagonist from the animated show M.A.S.K. (TV series)
- Maximus Musicus, the main character of a musical educational franchise of the same name
- Maximus "Max" Zamfirescu, a character in the 1998 movie My Giant
Other
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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