Maecianus
the son of Avidius Cassius, was, at the breaking out of the rebellion against M. Aurelius, entrusted by his father with the command of Alexandria, and was soon afterwards slain by his own soldiers. (Capitolin. M. Aurel. 25.) [AVIDIUS CASSIUS.]
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