Victor (emperor)

Victor
Golden coin depicting male wearing a diadem and facing right
Solidus minted for Victor, marked:
d n fl victor pf aug
Roman emperor
(in the West)
Reign383/384 or 387 – August 388
PredecessorGratian
SuccessorValentinian II
Co-emperorMagnus Maximus
DiedAugust 388
Trier
Names
Flavius Victor[a]
FatherMagnus Maximus
ReligionNicene Christianity

Victor (died August 388 AD) was a Western Roman emperor from either 383/384 or 387 to August 388. He was the son of the magister militum Magnus Maximus, who later became a usurper of the Western Roman Empire, in opposition to Gratian. Maximus rose up in 383, and was recognized as the legitimate emperor in the west by Theodosius I. Victor was elevated to augustus of the Western Roman Empire in either 383/384 or mid-387, making him co-emperor with his father. Maximus invaded Italy in 387, to depose Valentinian II, the brother and successor of the late Gratian. Because of Maximus' invasion, Theodosius invaded the Western Empire in 388. Theodosius defeated Maximus in two battles in Pannonia, before crushing his army at Aquilea, and capturing Maximus. Maximus was executed on 28 August 388. His death was followed quickly by that of Victor, who was executed in Trier by the Frankish general Arbogast.


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