There was a considerable gap between his consulate and the first known appointment Maximus enjoyed, governor of
Moesia Inferior, which he held from the year 100 to 102. While governor, Maximus served as a general in Trajan's
First Dacian War. During the hostilities a slave of his, Callidromus, was captured by the
Dacians: this man was later interviewed in
Bithynia in 111 by
Pliny the Younger. According to
Cassius Dio, Maximus distinguished himself during the campaigning of 102, and was rewarded for his services by a second consulship in 103, indicating his favour with emperor Trajan. This imperial favour ended with the death of Trajan. According to the
Augustan History, on the accession of emperor Hadrian in 117, Maximus was 'in exile on an island under suspicion of designs on the throne'. Nothing more is known of these suspected designs, but they prompted Hadrian's guard prefect
Publius Acilius Attianus to recommend Maximus be put to death. The sequel is not known, but Hadrian was tiring of Attianus and it is more likely that Maximus was pardoned. == Family ==