- Maximien (en lat. Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (Pannonie, v. 250 ­ Marseille, 310), Roman emperor (286-305 and 306-310). Associated with the Empire by Dioclétien (286), which forced it to abdicate into 305, it was drawn up against him then against his own son-in-law and combined Constantin.
Maximien forced to flee of Arles where it had not been able to resist the legions controlled by Constantin took refuge in Marseilles. Constantin, made in front of the city, controlled the attack and the citadel was taken if the scales had not been too short. Little time after, the Marseillais opened one of the gates of the city, the soldiers of Constantin precipitated and seized themselves there of Maximien which they gave to his/her son-in-law. Maximien had only the choice like death, it strangled itself.