Petronius Maximus
5th century western Roman emperor (396-455)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Petronius Maximus held the Western Roman throne for 75 days in 455 before it all collapsed. The wealthy senator orchestrated the assassinations of two major power players, then discovered that killing your way to the top doesn't guarantee you stay there.
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Petronius Maximus was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Aëtius, and the Western Roman emperor, Valentinian III.
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