Petronius Maximus

Member of the dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 455 until 455.

Other resources about Petronius Maximus

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Petronius_Maximus
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronius_Maximus

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Petronius Maximus
• Full names:
  • Petronius Maximus
• Title: Roman consul II, Western Roman emperor
• Predecessor: Valentinian III
• Successor: Avitus
• Definition: Petronius Maximus (c. 397 – 31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Aëtius, and the Western Roman emperor, Valentinian III. Maximus secured the throne the day after Valentinian's death by ensuring the backing of the Senate and by bribing the palace officials. He strengthened his position by forcing Valentinian's widow to marry him and forcing Valentinian's daughter to marry his son. He cancelled the betrothal of his new wife's daughter to the son of the Vandal king Genseric. This infuriated both his stepdaughter and Genseric, who sent a fleet to Rome. Maximus failed to obtain troops from the Visigoths and he fled as the Vandals arrived, became detached from his retinue and bodyguard in the confusion, and was killed. The Vandals thoroughly sacked Rome.
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• Death place: Rome
• Spouse:
  • Licinia Eudoxia
• Other title(s):
  • Roman consul II
  • List of Roman consuls
  • Western Roman emperor
• Came After:
  • Areobindus (consul 434)
  • Albinus (consul 444)
  • Theodosius Augustus XVIII
  • Aspar
• Came before:
  • Valerius (consul 432)
  • Eudoxius (conul 442)
  • Flavius Aetius
  • Dioscorus (consul 442)
• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Urban prefects of Rome
  • 455 deaths
  • Petronii
  • 4th-century Romans
  • 5th-century Roman consuls
  • 5th-century Christians
  • Patricii
  • 5th-century murdered monarchs
  • Year of birth uncertain
  • Theodosian dynasty
  • Deaths by stoning
  • 5th-century Roman emperors
  • Murdered Roman emperors
  • Lynching deaths
  • Comites sacrarum largitionum
  • Praetorian prefects of Italy
  • 390s births
  • Imperial Roman praetors