Maximus
historical figure · 6 works · 11 mentions · 16 anchored passages
the most excellent Maximus · the most reverend brother Maximus · the tyrant Maximus · your venerable self
spoken of as
2 expressionsin the texts
Letters
Former governor ruined and persecuted, on whose behalf Basil intercedes.
And most just of all is this very man, who sought our letter as something that would be of use to him;
But the misfortune that has befallen the most excellent Maximus has taught us to consider as credible even those things, until now mythical and quite incredible.
You yourself set before your eyes the affliction of Maximus, formerly held in esteem but now the most pitiable of all men, who governed our country — would that he had not!
Meditations
A teacher who modeled self-mastery, good cheer, and unshakeable constancy; his illness is cited as an example of perfected strength and sobriety.
From Maximus:
That I came to know Apollonius, Rusticus, Maximus.
But to be strong enough for the one and sober enough for the other is the mark of a man whose soul is perfect and unconquered — as he showed in the illness of Maximus.
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Roman usurper emperor who authorized the persecution and execution of Priscilian and his followers, later himself defeated and killed by Theodosius.
It is true, indeed, that two Spanish bishops pursued to death the Priscilianists under Maximus;
Maximus having caused the Emperor Gratian, the colleague of Theodosius, to be assassinated at Lyons, meditated the destruction of Valentinian the second, who, during his infancy, had been made successor to Gratian.
On the Commonwealth
Roman general (Fabius Maximus), characterized as deliberate and slow, contrasted with Marcellus.
Maximus, as deliberate and slow.
On the Nature of the Gods
Roman figure of the Second Punic War, cited as favored by divine help
in the second, Maximus, Marcellus, Africanus;
Tusculan Disputations
Roman statesman/general listed among exemplars of lasting fame.
But far more slowly will fame forsake Curius, Fabricius, Calatinus, the two Scipios, the two Africani, Maximus, Marcellus, Paulus, Cato, Laelius, and others past number;