Maximus
Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connection it may refer to:

Circus Maximus (disambiguation)
Pontifex maximus, the highest priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome

People
Roman historical figures
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (c. 280–203 BC), surnamed Cunctator, "the delayer"
Magnus Maximus, Roman emperor from 383 to 388
Maximus of Moesia (fl. 89–117), twice consul
Maximus of Hispania (409–411), Roman usurper
Petronius Maximus (396–455), Western Roman Emperor for two and a half months in 455

Authors and philosophers
Valerius Maximus, 1st-century historian
Claudius Maximus, 2nd-century Stoic, teacher of emperor Marcus Aurelius
Maximus of Tyre, 2nd-century Greek philosopher and rhetorician
Maximus of Ephesus (died 372), 4th-century philosopher, preceptor of emperor Julian
Ibn Arabi (1165–1240), Muslim mystic and philosopher, called Doctor Maximus
Maximus Planudes (c. 1260 – c. 1305), Greek monk, anthologist, translator and theologian

Christian saints
Maximus of Aveia or Maximus of Aquila (died c. 250)
Maximus of Évreux (died c. 384)
Maximus of Jerusalem, saint and bishop of Jerusalem (died 350)
Maximus of Lérins (433–460), bishop of Riez, and 2nd abbot of Lérins Abbey
Maximus of Naples (died 361)
Maximus of Pavia (died 511)
Maximus of Turin (died 465)
Maximus the Confessor (580–662), theologian
Maximus the Greek (1475–1556), translator in Russia
Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus, martyrs at Rom

Christian bishops and patriarchs
Maximus I of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch in 182–191
Archbishop Maximus I of Constantinople, arch-bishop in 380, opponent of Gregory Nazianzen
Maximus II of Antioch, Patriarch 449–455
Maximus (bishop of Zaragoza) (fl. 592–619)
Maximus (Bishop of Ceneda) (fl. 741–790), Bishop of Ceneda
Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus (died 1305)
Patriarch Maximus II of Constantinople (died 1216)
Patriarch Maximus III of Constantinople,  Patriarch in 1476–1481
Patriarch Maximus IV of Constantinople,  Patriarch in 1491–1497
Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople (1897–1972), Patriarch in 1946–1948

Fictional characters
Antillar Maximus, a character in Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series
Flattus Maximus, lead guitarist of heavy metal act GWAR
Fortress Maximus, a giant Autobot from the Transformers franchise
Maximus, a supporting character, the name of a horse in Disney's Tangled
Maximus (comics), a Marvel Comics villain who frequently opposes the Fantastic Four and the Royal Family of the Inhumans
Maximus Decimus Meridius, the main character in Ridley Scott's film, Gladiator
Maximus Mayhem, an antagonist from the animated show M.A.S.K. (TV series)
Maximus Musicus, the main character of a musical educational franchise of the same name
Maximus "Max" Zamfirescu, a character in the 1998 movie My Giant

Other
Gluteus maximus muscle, the largest and most superficial of the three gluteal muscles
Maximos, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Greece
Maximus, a 2013 album by King James
Maximus (BBS), a bulletin board system originally developed by Scott J. Dudley
Maximus Inc., a publicly traded international corporation based in Tysons Corner, Virginia
Maximus (racing yacht), a racing yacht built in 2005
Optimus Maximus keyboard

See also
Maxim (disambiguation)
Maxima (disambiguation)
Maximo (disambiguation)
Maximum (disambiguation)