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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Ma'ecia Gens plebeian. Only one person of this gens is mentioned under the republic, Sp. Maecius Tarpa, a contemporary of Cicero [TARPA]; but under the empire the Maecii became more distinguished though they are rarely mentioned by ancient writers. Thus we find on coins mention made of a M. Maecius Rufus, who was proconsul of Bithynia in the reign of Vespasian; in inscriptions (Gruter, p. 49. 3) of a M. Maecius Rufus who was consul with L. Turpilius Dexter, though the date of their consulship is uncertain; and in the consular Fasti of a M. Maecius Memmius Furius Placidus, who was consul A. D. 343, with Fl. Pisidius Romulus.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Paulus (search)
nius. Paul hastened back tt. Rome and sought the support of .itlius I., bishop of that citv, who, glad to exercise the superiority implied in this appeal to him, sent him back with a letter to the hishops of the Eastern Churches, directing that he and some other expelled prelates should be restored stored to their respective sees, and bitterly accusing those who had deposed him. Paul regained possesion sion of the church of Constantinople, but the Eastern bishops, in a council at Antioch, A. D. 343, returned a spirited answer to the arrogant pretensions of Julius; and the emperor, who was also at Antioch, wrote to Philippus, praefectus praetorio, to expel Paul again. Philippus, to avoid a commotion, sent the prelate away privately; but when he attempted to establish Macedonius in possession of the church, a riot occurred, in which above three thousand lives were lost. Paul was banished, according to Socrates, to Thessalonica, of which place Paul was a native, and then into the Wester