Maximus, making his capital at Augusta Treverorum …
Years: 384 - 384
Maximus, making his capital at Augusta Treverorum in Gaul, rules Britain, Gaul, Spain and Africa.
He issues coinage and a number of edicts reorganizing Gaul's system of provinces.
Some scholars believe Maximus may have founded the office of the Comes Britanniarum as well.
He becomes a popular emperor: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus delivers a panegyric on Maximus' virtues.
He uses foederati forces such as the Alamanni to great effect.
Ithacius goes to the imperial court, where he persuades the emperor to have Priscillian tried.
Locations
People
Groups
- Germania Inferior (Roman province)
- Gaul, Diocese of
- Christianity, Nicene
- Gaul, Praetorian prefecture of
- Priscillianism
- Roman Empire: Valentinian dynasty (Rome)
- Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
