Life
Probably born around 101 AD, he was consul in 144, governor of Upper Pannonia from 150-154, and proconsul of Africa in 158. While proconsul he acted as judge at the trial where Apuleius delivered a defense against a charge of magic. The Historia Augusta mentions Claudius Maximus as one of Marcus Aurelius' stoic teachers. Marcus Aurelius also mentions Maximus’ sickness and death as well as that of his wife, Secunda, in his Meditations. If the sickness mentioned resulted in Maximus' death, then he must have died before 161.
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