Person
Petronius Maximus
Western Roman Emperor
Flavius Petronius Maximus (possibly Flavius Anicius Petronius Maximus) (c. 396 – 31 May 455) is Western Roman Emperor for two and one-half months in 455.
A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he wis instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Flavius Aëtius, and the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III.
Maximus is killed during the events that culminated in the Vandal sack of Rome in 455.