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    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,...
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    consul in AD 371. Anicius Petronius Probus, consul in AD 406. Saint Petronius, fifth century bishop of Bologna. Petronius Maximus, emperor for seventy-five...
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  • 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)...
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    husbands included the Western Roman Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus. Eudoxia was born in 422, the daughter of Theodosius II, Eastern Roman...
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    married to Ennodius, proconsul Africae (395). Ennodius's grandson was Petronius Maximus, another ill-fated emperor, who ruled in Rome for only 77 days before...
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    the dead general, possibly acting for Petronius Maximus. With the end of the Theodosian dynasty, Petronius Maximus proclaimed himself emperor during the...
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    secure enough to begin plotting to have Aetius killed, egged on by Petronius Maximus, a high ranking senator who bore Aetius a personal grudge, and his...
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    recalled to service by emperor Petronius Maximus and was elevated to the rank of magister militum, probably praesentalis; Maximus sent Avitus in an embassy...
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  • killed Aetius in 454. However, his alliance with Petronius ended with the death of Aetius: when Petronius asked to be conferred the consulship and the patriciate...
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    Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus (c. 164 – 238) was Roman emperor with Balbinus for 99 days in 238, during the Year of the Six Emperors. The sources for...
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    denying Petronius Maximus, now Western Emperor, when he sent an embassy requesting it, and similarly refusing to recognize Avitus, who succeeded Maximus. Marcian's...
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  • emperor Valentinian III was murdered on orders of Petronius Maximus, who usurped the throne. Petronius Maximus also married Valentinian's widow, Licinia Eudoxia...
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  • position of Praetorian Prefect during the 450's. After his father, Petronius Maximus, assassinated Emperor Valentinian III and seized power, Palladius...
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  • Gaius Petronius Arbiter (/pɪˈtroʊniəs/; Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs pɛˈt̪roː.ni.ʊˈs ar.bɪ.t̪ɛr]; c. AD 27 – 66; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) was a...
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    the older sister of Theodosius II, after the death of the latter, Petronius Maximus was married to Licinia Eudoxia, the daughter of Theodosius II, and...
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    those who do not denounce the religion, and retain Manichaean books. Petronius Maximus, prominent aristocrat, is given the title of Patrician. He becomes...
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  • Olybrius. They argue that Olybrius was likely a son of Petronius Maximus himself, reasoning that Petronius, once on the throne, would be unlikely to promote...
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    was too young). In 455 Valentinian was killed, and Petronius Maximus rose to the throne. Petronius married Valentinian's widow, Licinia Eudoxia, and had...
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  • 455: Valentinian III assassinated and overthrown by Petronius Maximus. 455: Petronius Maximus stoned to death by mob and replaced by Avitus. 456 Gothic...
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    under way when news of Caligula's death reached Petronius. Caligula's plan was abandoned, Petronius survived and the statue was never installed. Philo...
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    primicerius sacri cubiculi, Heraclius, is also murdered. March 17 – Petronius Maximus, former domesticus ("elite bodyguard") of Aetius, becomes (with support...
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    in the palace and succeeded by Severus. Julianus was born to Quintus Petronius Didius Severus and Aemilia Clara. His father came from a prominent family...
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    Bassus Antiochus Preceded by Aetius Valerius Roman consul XIV 433 with Petronius Maximus Succeeded by Aspar Areobindus Preceded by Aspar Areobindus Roman consul...
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    Anicius Probus (suggested by Settipani) or, according to some clues, Petronius Maximus. Olybrius married Placidia, younger daughter of western augustus Valentinian...
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    believed, wanted to place his son on the throne. The Roman senator Petronius Maximus and the chamberlain Heraclius were therefore able to enlist Valentinian...
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    Puppet emperors Portrait Name Reign Succession Life details Petronius Maximus 17 March – 31 May 455 (2 months and 14 days) General and civil official...
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  • participated in the assassination of Emperor Valentinian III, ordered by Petronius Maximus. He probably served Aetius as a bucellarius. In September 454, Valentinian...
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  • two emperors, Petronius Maximus and Olybrius. According to the family tree published by Mommaerts and Kelley, Probus was a son of Petronius Probinus, consul...
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    crucial part in the blunders of Rome. Petronius Maximus killed Valentinian III and claimed the Western throne. Petronius then forced Valentinian III's widow...
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    teachings of Maximus of Ephesus, whom Eusebius criticized for his more mystical form of Neoplatonic theurgy. Eusebius related his meeting with Maximus, in which...
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