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Marcus Claudius Marcellus (/ m ɑːr ˈ s ɛ l ə s /; c. 270 – 208 BC) was a Roman general and politician during the 3rd century BC.Five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic (222, 215, 214, 210, and 208 BC).
Marcellus and Augustus' general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa were the two popular choices as heir to the empire. According to Suetonius, this put Agrippa at odds with Marcellus, and is the reason why Agrippa traveled away from Rome to Mytilene in 23 BC. [1] That year, an illness was spreading in Rome which afflicted both Augustus and Marcellus.
Marcellus was elected curule aedile in 56 BC. In 52 BC he was elected consul, together with Servius Sulpicius Rufus, for the following year.During his consulship, Marcellus proved himself to be a zealous partisan of Pompey and the optimates, and urged the Senate to extreme measures against Julius Caesar, managing to establish that the subject of recalling Caesar should be discussed on 1 March ...
The Senate however, refused and began gathering a new army to be again sent to Spain the following year, appointing Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Consul-Elect for 151 BC, to replace Marcellus once his term as Consul expired. [3] Upon learning of this, Marcellus nevertheless remained resolved to make peace in Spain and end the war before Lucullus ...
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (late 2nd to mid 1st century BC) was a politician and senator of the Roman Republic.He belonged to the tribus Arnensis. [1] He was the grandson [2] of another Marcus Claudius Marcellus (cos. 166, 155 and 152 BC) and the father [3] of two later consuls: Marcus Claudius Marcellus (cos. 51 BC), and Gaius Claudius Marcellus (cos. 49 BC).
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC), political opponent of Julius Caesar, assassinated circa 47 BC by one of his own attendants Marcus Claudius Marcellus (nephew of Augustus) Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus , any one of several members of this family, one of whom was consul in 22 BC
Marcus Vitorius Marcellus or Vitorius Marcellus (c. 60 – after 105) was a Roman senator who lived in the 1st century and 2nd century. He was a friend of Quintilian and the poet Statius . Marcellus was suffect consul for the nundinium of September to December 105 with Gaius Caecilius Strabo as his colleague.
Marcellus, character in William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet; Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42–23 B.C.), nephew of Augustus; Marcus Claudius Marcellus (fl. 3rd century B.C.), Roman consul and military leader Claudii Marcelli, any men from his clan branch of gens Claudia