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Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42–23 BC) was the eldest son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus and Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus (then known as Octavian). He was Augustus' nephew and closest male relative, and began to enjoy an accelerated political career as a result.
Gaius Claudius Marcellus (88 BC – May 40 BC) was a Roman senator who served as Consul in 50 BC. He was a friend to Roman senator Cicero and an early opponent of Julius Caesar . He was also noteworthy for marrying the sister of the future emperor Augustus , Octavia the Younger , with whom he fathered M. Marcellus , who was for a while Augustus ...
Augustus prepared to hand down his signet ring to his favored general Agrippa. However, Augustus handed over to his co-consul Piso all of his official documents, an account of public finances, and authority over listed troops in the provinces while Augustus's supposedly favored nephew Marcellus came away empty-handed.
In 23, the domination of Augustus began to cause the emperor some political difficulties, which were compounded by his apparent desire to groom his nephew Marcellus as his political heir. Problems in the political alliance between Augustus, Livia , Maecenas and Agrippa over his succession plans saw Augustus search around for potential support ...
The temple also contained a series of engraved gemstones dedicated by Augustus's nephew Marcellus. [ 61 ] On the temple's doors, a scene depicting the killing of the children of Niobe by Apollo and Diana was rendered in ivory, [ 98 ] while the other door depicted the defeat of the Celtic attack on the Oracle of Delphi , of which Apollo was the ...
Lacking any male child and heir, Augustus married his only child—a daughter—Julia to his nephew Marcus Claudius Marcellus. Marcellus, however, died of food poisoning in 23 BC. Augustus then married his widowed daughter to his loyal friend, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, previously married
On Tuesday night, the state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams. It was a legally sanctioned murder. As the Washington Post put it, he was “convicted of a 1998 murder that he said he did not ...
Augustus meanwhile, as supports to his despotism, raised to the pontificate and curule ædileship Claudius Marcellus, his sister's son, while a mere stripling, and Marcus Agrippa, of humble birth, a good soldier, and one who had shared his victory, to two consecutive consulships, and as Marcellus soon afterwards died, he also accepted him as ...