Maecilius Fuscus was a propraetor under

Gordian III Gordian III (; 20 January 225 – February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the youngest sole emperor of the united Roman Empire. Gordian was the son of Maecia Faustina and her husband Junius Balbus, who d ...

, he served as governor of

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, a province of

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some time between AD 238 and 244. Little else is known of him although he seems to have been involved in the rebuilding and expansion of the fort at

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along with his successor, Egnatius Lucilianus as inscriptions of him appear in Lanchester, Durham. Fuscus may have been the ancestor of the consul of 332 AD Maecilius Hilarianus as well as the emperor

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{{Reflist Roman governors of Britain Ancient Romans in Britain 3rd-century Romans Maecilii

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