Petronius Maximus: The Roman Emperor Who Destroyed Rome

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History's Most Infamous Figures Part 2: Petronius Maximus — The Roman Emperor Who Destroyed Rome.

Meet Petronius Maximus, the Roman senator whose quest for glory and vengeance walked hand-in-hand with his, and Rome’s doom…

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00:00 – Intro
00:35 – The Rise of Petronius Maximus
01:01 – Emperor Valentinian III's Crime
01:31 – Flavius Aetius: The Magister Militum
02:00 – The Fall of Flavius Aetius
02:29 – The Fall of Valentinian III
03:09 – Petronius Maximus Seizes the Throne
03:32 – Eudoxia's Plea to the Geiseric
03:49 – Geiseric and the Vandal Invasion
04:05 – The Fall of Petronius Maximus
04:32 – The Vandals' Sack of Rome
04:48 – Petronius Maximus: A Tragic Tale

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