Maximus (praefectus urbi)


Maximus was a Roman politician.

Biography

Maximus was a member of the Roman senatorial class.
Probably, it was Maximus to be sent by the usurper Magnentius to Emperor Constantius II and Vetranio in 350.
In the late 361, Maximus and Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus, both sent by the Roman Senate to Emperor Constantius II, meet Julianus at Naissus. Julianus received them with all honors, then he appointed Maximus as praefectus urbi of Rome in place of Tertullus ; his choice was motivated by the desire to promote Vulcacius Rufinus. Maximus was still in charge on January 28 362, as attested an inscription.
During his tenure, there was plenty of groceries and no longer plebeians complaints.
The senator Maximus can be identified with the praefectus urbi of Rome from December 361 to February 363.
Ammianus Marcelinus named him as Maximus, the orator Quintus Aurelius Symmachus talks about him by using the name Clytholias Maximus and finally we find him as Artorius Clytholias Maximus.
Clytholias Maximus was nephew of Vulcatius Rufinus and Neratius Cerealis and therefore a first cousin of Constantius Gallus.