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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.
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).
The Theatre of Marcellus (Latin: Theatrum Marcelli, Italian: Teatro di Marcello) was an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. It is located in the modern rione of Sant'Angelo .
Marcellus Augustus Stovall (September 18, 1818 – August 4, 1895) was an American soldier and merchant. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War . After the war, he resumed business and civil interests.
Augustus' advisors, Marcus Agrippa and Gaius Maecenas, can be seen watching in the background. [2] The painting is based on an anecdote, recorded in the late fourth-century vita of Virgil by Aelius Donatus , in which the poet read the passage in Book VI in praise of Octavia's late son Marcellus, and Octavia fainted with grief.
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 ...
After the death of Marcellus in 23 BC, Augustus married his daughter to Agrippa. This union produced five children, three sons and two daughters: Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Vipsania Julia, Agrippina, and Agrippa Postumus, so named because he was born after Marcus Agrippa died.
Claudia Marcella Major [a] (PIR 2 C 1102; born some time before 40 BC) was the senior niece of Roman emperor Augustus, being the eldest daughter of his sister Octavia the Younger and her first husband Gaius Claudius Marcellus.