Maximus
Maximus ( Latin : the greatest) was the nickname of numerous Roman politicians and other personalities of the ancient world. Some Western Roman bearers of this name were known simply as Maximus. The Greek form of the name was Maximos, the Hungarian Miksa .
Emperor and counter-emperor
- Terentius Maximus , usurper in Asia Minor 79/80
- Gellius Maximus , anti-emperor in Syria 219
- Gaius Iulius Verus Maximus , son and sub-emperor of Maximinus Thrax (also often referred to as Maximus) 236–238
- Pupienus Maximus , Emperor 238
- Magnus Maximus , Emperor 383–388
- Maximus Tyrannus , anti-emperor in Spain 409-411 and 418-420
- Petronius Maximus , Emperor 455
Romans
- Africanus Fabius Maximus , Roman consul 10 BC. Chr.
- Aulus Bucius Lappius Maximus , Roman Senator
- Gaius Avillius Maximus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Gaius Numisius Maximus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Gaius Trebius Maximus , Roman suffect consul 122
- Gaius Vibius Maximus , Prefect of the Province of Egypt
- Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus , Roman consul 298 BC. And dictator 263 BC. Chr.
- Gnaeus Mallius Maximus , Roman senator, consul 105 BC. Chr.
- Lucius Annius Maximus , Roman Consul 207
- Lucius Laberius Maximus , Prefect of the Province of Egypt, Praetorian Prefect
- Lucius Valerius Maximus , Roman consul 233 and 256
- Lucius Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus , Roman consul 253
- Manius Laberius Maximus , Roman consul 89 and 102 and military
- Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla , Roman consul and censor
- Marcus Magius Maximus , Prefect of the Province of Egypt, Procurator of the Province of Hispania citerior
- Marcus Valerius Lactuca Maximus , Roman consul 437 BC. Chr.
- Marcus Valerius Lactucinus Maximus , Roman consular tribune 398 BC. Chr.
- Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca , Roman consul 456 BC. Chr.
- Marcus Valerius Maximus Messalla , Roman consul 226 BC. Chr.
- Marcus Servilius Fabianus Maximus , Roman suffect consul 158
- Marius Maximus , Roman historian and senator
- Paullus Fabius Maximus († 14), Roman consul 11 BC. Chr.
- Publius Cluvius Maximus Paulinus , Roman suffect consul 152
- Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus , Roman politician and military man
- Quintus Fabius Maximus (Consul 213 BC) († 207/203 BC), Roman politician
- Quintus Fabius Maximus (suffect consul) († 45 BC), Roman politician, consul 45 BC Chr.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus (~ 186 BC – 130 BC), Roman politician and general, consul in 145 BC. Chr.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus († before 100 BC), Roman politician and general, consul in 121 BC. Chr.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus , Roman politician, consul 116 BC. BC, censor 108 BC Chr.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (Consul 292 BC) , Roman politician and senator, Consul 292 and 276 BC. Chr.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 265 BC) († 265 BC), Roman politician and senator
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus , Roman politician and general, consul 322, 310, 308, 297 and 295 BC Chr.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus , Roman politician and general, consul 142 BC. Chr.
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (called Cunctator ; ~ 275 BC – 203 BC), Roman politician and general, consul 233, 228, 214, 213 and 209 BC Chr.
- Quintus Iulius Maximus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Quintus Peltrasius Maximus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Quintus Sanquinius Maximus , Roman suffect consul 32
- Sextus Quintilius Maximus († 182), Roman consul 172
- Sextus Quintilius Valerius Maximus , Roman consul
- Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga († 211 BC), Roman consul 234 and 228 BC Chr.
- Spurius Carvilius Maximus , Roman consul and censor
- Tiberius Claudius Maximus , Roman soldier
- Titus Statilius Maximus , Roman consul 144
Others
Ecclesiastical
- Maximus Confessor , the Confessor (Greek Maximos Homologetes)
- Maximus of Alexandria , saint of the Catholic Church
- Maximos I of Constantinople , Archbishop of Constantinople (380)
- Maximus (Mainz) , possibly the last Roman bishop of Mainz
- Maximus (bishop) , first bishop of Constance at the end of the 6th century
- Maximos (saint) , Orthodox saint
- Maximus of Turin († around 420), first bishop of Turin, church writer
- Maximos II , Patriarch of Constantinople (1216)
- Maximos (Metropolitan) of Kiev and Vladimir (1283–1305)
- Maximos IV. Sayegh SMSP (also: Maximos IV. Saïgh; 1878–1967), Patriarch of Antioch and the whole Orient, of Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Maximos V. Hakim (* 1908 as George Selim Hakim; † 2001), Patriarch of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Further:
- Maximos (Koroplast) , Koroplast in the 2nd century in Asia Minor
- Maximus of Tire (2nd century) orator
- Maximos of Ephesus (310–372), philosopher
- Valerius Maximus , ancient historian
- Pseudonym Maximos by Rolf Engert , a German writer, playwright and publisher
- Dimitrios Maximos (1873–1955), Greek politician and Prime Minister
- Junior Maximus (* 1983), German-Congolese boxer
Fictitious namesake
- Maximus Decimus Meridius , protagonist of the monumental film Gladiator (here the epithet Maximus is prefixed in ignorance of Roman customs.)
- Maximus or Maximus of Gloucester , the lyrical I of the Maximus Poems by Charles Olson