[1] Birley also notes the possibility – "however remote" – that Vindex came from Camulodunum (modern Colchester) in Britannia.
[2] Of interest is Marcus Macrinius Avitus Catonius Vindex, an eques who was adlected into the Roman senate and advanced to the consulate.
[5] In 169 Vindex was appointed the colleague of praetorian prefect Marcus Bassaeus Rufus.
[1] Both were selected to help with the threat posed by the Marcomanni on the Danube frontier; the previous praetorian prefect, Titus Furius Victorinus, had been killed the year before in battle with these Germanic invaders.
An inscription recovered from Saepinum (modern Sepino) shows their responsibilities covered more than military matters: it records their response to a petition from the imperial freedman Cosmus concerning the management of the imperial flocks.