Maximus is a name formed from the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest." It is therefore also a common noun, and may refer to any of the following:
People in the Ancient World
Politicians
Pupienus, also called Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus, joint Roman Emperor with Balbinus around 238 A.D.
Fabius Maximus, Punic War general
Magnus Maximus, Roman Emperor in the west, 383-388
Maximus of Hispania, a Roman usurper (409-411) in the Iberian Peninsula
Pontifex Maximus, high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs
Maximus, a lieutenant or governor under Valens in Moesia, immediately prior to the Gothic Wars.
Authors & philosophers
Claudius Maximus, Stoic philosopher and teacher of Marcus Aurelius.
Ibn Arabi, Muslim mystic and philosopher also called Doctor Maximus
Maximus of Tyre, a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and rhetorician
Maximus of Ephesus, a 4th-century philosopher
Valerius Maximus, writer and historian
Saints
Saint Maximus , (d. 250), an Asi
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus