Maximus

Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connexion it is used to refer to:

• Circus Maximus (disambiguation)
• Pontifex Maximus, the highest priest of the ancient Roman College of Pontiffs

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People

Roman generals

• Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (ca. 280-203 B.C.), "Cunctator" or "Delayer"
• Maximus of Moesia, a lieutenant or governor under Valens in Moesia, immediately prior to the Gothic Wars
• Tiberius Claudius Maximus, a Roman soldier
• Maximus (praefectus urbi), a praefectus urbi of Rome in 361–362
• Maximus of Hispania (409–411), a Roman usurper
• Magnus Maximus (383–388), a Roman usurper

Authors and philosophers

• Valerius Maximus, 1st-century historian
• Claudius Maximus, 2nd-century Stoic, teacher of emperor Marcus Aurelius
• Ibn Arabi, 1165-1240, Muslim mystic and philosopher, called Doctor Maximus
• Maximus of Tyre, 2nd-century Greek philosopher and rhetorician
• Maximus of Ephesus, 4th-century philosopher, preceptor of emperor Julian
• Maximus Planudes, ca. 1260 - ca. 1305, a Greek monk, anthologist, translator and theologian

Christian saints

• Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus, martyrs at Rome
• Maximus of Aveia or Maximus of Aquila (d. c. 250)
• Maximus of Naples (d. 361)
• Maximus of Évreux (d. c. 384)
• Maximus of Turin (c. 380–c. 465)
• Maximus of Pavia (d. 511)
• Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662), theologian
• Maximus the Greek (c. 1475–1556), translator in Russia

Christian bishops and Patriarchs

• Maximus I of Antioch, bishop of Antioch in 182–191
• Archbishop Maximus I of Constantinople, arch-bishop in 380, opponent of Gregory Nazianzen
• Maximus II of Antioch, Patriarch 449–455
• Maximus (Bishop of Zaragoza), fl. 592-619
• Patriarch Maximus II of Constantinople (died 1216)
• Patriarch Maximus III of Constantinople, Patriarch in 1476–1481
• Patriarch Maximus IV of Constantinople, Patriarch in 1491–1497
• Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople (1897–1972), Patriarch in 1946–1948

Deities

• Maximus, a deity in the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, responsible for issuing the logos that activated the cosmic egg, thus initiating the big bangthus initiating the big bang
• Maximus Bannan, a deity of the Spoonogue Cosmology

Fictional characters

• Maximus (comics), a Marvel Comics villain who frequently opposes the Fantastic Four and the Royal Family of the Inhumans
• Maximus Decimus Meridius, the main character in Ridley Scott's film Gladiator
• Antillar Maximus, a character in Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series
• Flattus Maximus, the lead guitarist of heavy metal act GWAR
• Fortress Maximus, a giant Autobot from the Transformers franchise
• Maximus Musicus, a the main character of a musical educational franchise of the same name
• Maximus, a supporting character in Disney's Tangled

Other

• Maximus Inc., a publicly traded international corporation based in Reston, Virginia
• Optimus Maximus keyboard
• Maximus (BBS), a bulletin board system originally developed by Scott J. Dudley
• Maximus (racing yacht), a racing yacht built in 2005

See also

• Maxim (disambiguation)
• Maxima (disambiguation)
• Maximo (disambiguation)
• Maximum (disambiguation)