Maximus
MAGNUS, a Roman emperor, and a Spaniard. He was general of the Roman army in Britain, where he proclaimed himself emperor in 383.
Gratian marched against him, but was defeated and assassinated. Maximus, having made himself master of Gaul, Britain, and Spain, fixed the seat of his empire at Treves. He next marched into Italy, where he committed dreadful cruelties, but was at last besieged in Aquileia by the Emperor Theodosius. His soldiers delivered him up to Theodosius, who then caused him to be beheaded, in 388.