a consularis and praefect of the city, under Maximinus I., was slain while endeavouring to quell the insurrection which burst forth when intelligence arrived of the elevation of the Gordians in Africa. (Capitolin. Maximsin. duo, 14, Gordian. tres, 13; Herodian. 7.15.)
[W.R]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