Maximus of Byzantium (Μάξιμος ὁ Βυζάντιος)

Life Maximus of Byzantium was an orator active during the Byzantine period. The name "Maximus" was common, and the epithet "of Byzantium" likely denotes an origin in Constantinople. He remains an obscure figure, indistinguishable from other individuals of the same name within the late antique and Byzantine rhetorical tradition.

Works He is associated with a single oration, though its title, content, and subject are unrecorded in major reference works.

Significance If he was an orator, his work would belong to the extensive corpus of Byzantine rhetoric used for educational, ceremonial, and political purposes. His absence from standard scholarly sources suggests his historical impact was limited or his works have not survived with clear attribution.

Sources * Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University): https://plato.stanford.edu/ * Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (University of Tennessee at Martin): https://iep.utm.edu/ * Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.): https://www.britannica.com/ * Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics (Oxford University Press): https://oxfordre.com/classics/ * Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ * Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (via Perseus): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104 * World History Encyclopedia (World History Foundation): https://www.worldhistory.org/ * ToposText (Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation): https://topostext.org/