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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).
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42–23 BC) was the eldest son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus and Octavia Minor, 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.
Aug 30, 2017 · Marcus Claudius Marcellus (c. 270-208 BCE) was a five-time consul and, earning the nickname the 'Sword of Rome', he was one of the city's greatest military commanders. Active in both the First and Second...
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (born c. 268 bc —died 208, near Venusia, Apulia [now Venosa, Italy]) was a Roman general who captured Syracuse during the Second Punic War (218–201). Although his successes have been exaggerated by the historian Livy, Marcellus deserved his sobriquet, “the sword of Rome.”
Apr 30, 2024 · Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a leading Optimate (conservative senator) and an uncompromising opponent of Julius Caesar. As consul, Marcellus attempted to remove Caesar from his army command on March 1, 50, but he was outmaneuvered by the pro-Caesarian tribune Gaius Scribonius Curio.
A Roman force led by the proconsul Marcus Claudius Marcellus supported by the propraetor Appius Claudius Pulcher consequently laid siege to the port city by sea and land in 213 BC.
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (born 42 bc —died 23 bc, Baiae, Campania [Italy]) was the nephew of the emperor Augustus (reigned 27 bc – ad 14) and presumably chosen by him as heir, though Augustus himself denied it. Marcellus was the son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus and Augustus’s sister Octavia.
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (†208 BCE): Roman commander, well-known for the capture of Syracuse. Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by one of his descendants. The career of Marcus Claudius Marcellus, the son of Marcus, was dominated by one conflict: that between his own country, the Roman republic, and the republic of Carthage.
By Plutarch. Written 75 A.C.E. Translated by John Dryden. They say that Marcus Claudius, who was five times consul of the Romans, was the son of Marcus; and that he was the first of his family called Marcellus; that is, martial, as Posidonius affirms.
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (1), one of Rome's most outstanding commanders, served in the First *Punic War, and at unknown dates thereafter became an augur, curule aedile, and praetor. As consul in 222 bce he campaigned successfully against the Insubrian Gauls, relieving Clastidium (mod.
