Look up Maximus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connection...

loyalty from Maximus, who refuses. Maximus is arrested by Praetorian Guards led by Quintus, who tells him that he and his family will die. Maximus kills his...

The first to adopt the inclytus alternative to maximus may have been the rebel augustus Magnus Maximus (r. 383–388). The word pontifex and its derivative...

trochanterica subcutanea. The gluteus maximus straightens the leg at the hip; when the leg is flexed at the hip, the gluteus maximus extends it to bring the leg...

383 the discontented Roman army proclaimed Maximus emperor in Gratian's place. Orosius, who wrote that Maximus was "an energetic and able man and one worthy...

Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the...

Maximus the Confessor (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, romanized: Maximos ho Homologētēs), also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian...

Quintus Fabius Maximus may refer to: Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 213 BC), Roman senator Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC), Roman senator Quintus...

beast-hunt at the Circus Maximus took place in 523, and the last known races there were held by Totila in 549. The Circus Maximus was sited on the level...

Maximus (otherwise known as Maximus the Mad) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted...