Flavius Victor was the son of Magnus Maximus. He was proclaimed an Augustus by his father and ruled nominally from 384 to his death in 388.Victor’s father was considered a usurper of the Western Roman Empire. He negotiated receiving recognition by the legitimate Augusti Valentinian II and Theodosius I and when these negotiations failed pressed the matter by proclaiming his son an Augustus indicating an attempt to secure a succession.
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