Lucius Marius Maximus Perpetuus Aurelianus (more commonly known as Marius Maximus) (c. AD 160 – c. AD 230) was a Roman biographer, writing in Latin, who...
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Historia Augusta (section Marius Maximus or 'Ignotus'?)
with Marius Maximus on occasion. It was only when the source failed that he turned to other less reliable sources (such as Herodian and Maximus), as well...
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Marius is a male name, a Roman family name, and a modern surname. The name Marius was used by members of the Roman gens Maria. It is thought to be derived...
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Maria gens (redirect from Marius Cordus)
Gaius Marius, one of the greatest generals of antiquity, and seven times consul. As a nomen, Marius is probably derived from the Oscan praenomen Marius, in...
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bishop and martyr (d. 250) Julia Domna, Roman empress consort (d. 217) Marius Maximus, Roman biographer (d. 230) Quintus Tineius Sacerdos, Roman politician...
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priesthoods, including the College of Pontiffs, of which he was named pontifex maximus. Elagabalus stayed for a time at Antioch, apparently to quell various mutinies...
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Teutones, and the comitia centuriata elected Marius consul for a second time to face this new threat. Marius was consul every year from 104 to 100 BC, and...
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earlier biographies, derived primarily from now-lost earlier sources (Marius Maximus or Ignotus), are considered to be more accurate. For Marcus's life and...
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families. The Historia Augusta, apparently drawing on the testimony of Marius Maximus, insinuates that Commodus had a homosexual infatuation with Saoterus...
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conferring on him the titles of Augustus, Pater patriae and Pontifex maximus. Throughout his life, Alexander relied heavily on guidance from his grandmother...
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earlier biographies, derived primarily from now-lost earlier sources (Marius Maximus or Ignotus) are much more reliable. For Marcus Aurelius' life and rule...
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Priscillianus Consul of the Roman Empire 231 with Titus Flavius Sallustius Paelignianus Succeeded by Lucius Virius Lupus Iulianus, and Lucius Marius Maximus...
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series of imperial biographies by the prominent 3rd-century senator Marius Maximus, who covered the reigns of Nerva through to Elagabalus. The first modern...
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Christian History, Macmillan 1924, p. 121 with n. 2. See Anthony R. Birley, Marius Maximus: The Consular Biographer, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt...
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earlier biographies, derived primarily from now-lost earlier sources (Marius Maximus or Ignotus), are much more accurate. For Aelius, the biographies of...
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Sun) and thereafter neglected his Imperial role as pontifex maximus. According to Marius Maximus, he ruled from his degenerate domus through prefects who...
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Marian reforms (redirect from Marius Reforms)
reforms under Marius emerged in 1840s German scholarship, which posited that any changes in the Roman army between the times of Polybius and Marius were attributable...
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and senator who served as consul ordinarius in 232 alongside Lucius Marius Maximus. Probably the son of Virius Lupus, suffect consul before AD 196, and...
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Uru, Korean prime minister Liang Xi, Chinese official and politician Marius Maximus, Roman consul and biographer Naehae of Silla, Korean ruler Wu Zhi, Chinese...
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Paullus Fabius Maximus - consul Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus - praetor Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus - consul Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus -...
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vanquished. The main sources of this period are thus Roman (Tacitus, Marius Maximus, and Justin) and Greek historians (Herodian, Cassius Dio and Plutarch)...
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the biographies of 2nd- and early 3rd-century emperors compiled by Marius Maximus. This collection, apparently entitled Caesares, does not survive, but...
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Publius Septimius Geta legatus legionis c. 185 Moesia AE 1946, 131 Lucius Marius Maximus Perpetuus Aurelianus legatus legionis c. 193 Moesia CIL VI, 1450 Lucius...
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Balbinus Vibullius Pius tribunus laticlavius c. 130 Germania Superior CIL VI, 1383 Marius Maximus tribunus laticlavius c. 175 Germania Superior CIL VI, 1450...
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Arausio: one led by Mallius Maximus, and the other by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio. As the consul of the year, Maximus out-ranked Caepio and therefore...
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earlier biographies, derived primarily from now-lost earlier sources (Marius Maximus or Ignotus), are much better. For Marcus' life and rule, the biographies...
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CE), Roman history Dio Cassius (c. 160 – after 229), Roman history Marius Maximus (c. 160 – c. 230), biography of Roman emperors Diogenes Laërtius (fl...
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Cimbrian War (section Marius takes command)
without support from Maximus; his legions were wiped out and his undefended camp overrun. The now isolated and demoralized troops of Maximus were then easily...
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222–223. Saylor Rodgers, Barbara (First Quarter 1981). "Merobaudes and Maximus in Gaul". Historia. 30 (1): 97–105. JSTOR 4435744. Based on ICVR 1.370...
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Caesonius Macer Rufinianus (Between 213 and 215) Marius Maximus (Between 213 and 217) Lucius Marius Perpetuus (c. 220) Cassius Dio (c. 221) Gaius Octavius...
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