Talk:Marius Maximus

Meaning of this subject's name!
With the name attributed to this man, who might well be fictional, if not because some other men mention him and his works, should not a good source try to translate his name? Just the words "Marius Maximus" should raise a few alarms? Just how would any of you translate it? I might well consider that it means nothing more than "Maxium War!" His so called other names should also raise a few alarms?, as should the family's connection to fighting both a "caesar" named "Black" (Niger) and one named "White" (Albinus!)! This seems most alarming, at least to me!

His full name is listed in most sources as " Lucius Perpetuus Aurelianus Marius Maximus ", and I will conceed that Lucius could actually be a name, meaning most probably "Light?", maybe he was skinny? But "Perpetuus Aurelianus", should mostly be considered to mean, in a real translation as "Always Golden", or some variation thereof! Going all the way the full name could well have been or should have been translated as "the Great Golden Light for ever Warring!", or some other obscene or ridiculous meaning!69.92.23.64 (talk) 23:15, 6 January 2011 (UTC)Ronald L.Hughes


 * Latin names should not be taken literally. Quintus means "fifth", Septimus "seventh", and Octavian (Octavianus) "eighth". They are just popular names. That is all. 2A00:23C7:6B89:9101:24A7:1166:4C26:6DA9 (talk) 15:06, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Same person?
It is said: "Marcus Marius had a son, Lucius Marius Maximus, who was consul in AD 232.", whereas Marcus is not among his first names in the first paragrah. Are we speaking of the same person? Jean Marcotte (talk) 01:00, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is the same person. The praenomen Marcus is an error. Will fix. Oatley2112 (talk) 22:43, 9 December 2012 (UTC)