Paccianus

Paccĭānus, a, um, de Paccius Antiochus [célèbre médecin sous Auguste et Tibère] : Inscr.

Paccia'nus

1. Was sent by Sulla into Mauritania to help Ascalis, whom Sertorius was attacking, but he was defeated and slain by Sertorius. (Plut. Sert 9.)

Paccia'nus, C.

2. a Roman prisoner taken on the defeat of Crassus by the Parthians. As he bore the greatest resemblance to Crassus among the prisoners, the Parthians put on him a female dress, and paraded him in mockery of the Roman general. (Plut. Crass. 32.)