a veterinary surgeon at Rome in the first century B. C., is said by Valerius Maximus (9.15. 1) to have passed himself off as the grandson of C. Marius, and thus to have raised himself to some degree of consequence.
[W.A.G]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890