Petronius Maximus was born in 396. The full name of Petronius Maximus is Flavius Anicius Petronius Maximus. Maximus became emperor of the Roman state in 455.
Maximus is an extremely wealthy aristocrat. And Maximus bribed all the senators. In this sense, the Roman senators declared Maximus the Roman emperor.
Maximus first tried to make a deal with the Visigoths. Maximus tried to reinforce the Roman state again. But Maximus's wife made a deal with Vandals.
And the Vandals started a war against Maximus. Maximus, who was afraid of this, escaped from Rome. Vandals looted the city of Rome and took Roman people as prisoners. That is why the Roman Empire hated Maximus. And Maximus was killed by a Roman citizen.