The ODNB's Entry on Magnus Maximus

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The ODNB's Entry on Magnus Maximus

Author: * Aurelian Junius - 1 Post on this thread out of 558 Posts sitewide.
Date: Dec 22, 2006 - 20:31

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography weekly puts on-line a handful of its biographies. One of this week's selections is their biography of Magnus Maximus, the usurper (383-88) whose revolt began in England and cost the western Emperor Gratian his life. Click here (but only till this Saturday, 12/23) to see this entry.

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