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Marcus Claudius Marcellus
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general and five time consul of the Roman Republic, awareded the Spolia opima for his victories during the Gallic and Punic Wars
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Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a male human born in 270 BCE in Ancient Rome. He was a member of the Claudia gens and held the social classification of noble. His occupations included serving as a military leader, military personnel, and politician. He held the positions of praetor, aedile, and Roman consul, and held the military rank of legatus. He was a citizen of Ancient Rome and spoke Latin.
Marcellus participated in the Second Punic War and was killed in action in 208 BCE at Venosa. He received the award Spolia opima. He had a child named Marcus Claudius Marcellus and a sibling named Titus Octacilius Crassus. He is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Parallel Lives, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Pauly–Wissowa.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1814
- Died
- 1876
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Battle of Buena Vista
- An oration on the duties and the requirements of an American officer
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,797x
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· 2017 · cited 10,815x
- Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II
· 1993 · cited 10,585x
- A default mode of brain function
· 2001 · cited 10,447x
- Avogadro: an advanced semantic chemical editor, visualization, and analysis platform
· 2012 · cited 9,223x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- c. 270 BC
- Died
- 208 BC, near Venusia , Italy
- Cause of death
- Killed in action (impaled by a spear)
- Children
- Marcellus
- Occupation
- General politician
- Allegiance
- Roman Republic
- Conflicts
- First Punic War Roman–Gallic War of 225 BC Battle of Clastidium Second Punic War Siege of Syracuse Battle of Numistro
- Awards
- Spolia opima
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Venosa
- Sibling
- Titus Octacilius Crassus
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Roman consul
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Award
- Spolia opima
- Conflict
- Second Punic War
- Military rank
- legatus
- Image
- Denarius Publius Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus 3 Obverse.png
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- Commons category
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus
- date of birth
- 0270-00-00
- name in native language
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- gens
- Claudia gens
- social classification
- noble
- date of death
- 0208-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (/mɑːrˈsɛləs/; c. 270 – 208 BC) was a Roman general and politician in the 3rd century BC who was elected consul of the Roman Republic five times (222, 215, 214, 210, and 208 BC). Marcellus gained the most prestigious award a Roman general could earn, the spolia opima, for killing the Gallic king Viridomarus in single combat in 222 BC at the Battle of Clastidium. Furthermore, he is noted for having conquered the fortified city of Syracuse in a protracted siege during which Archimedes, the famous mathematician, scientist, and inventor, was killed, despite Marcellus ordering the soldiers under his command not to harm him. Marcus Claudius Marcellus died in battle in 208 BC, leaving behind a legacy of military conquests and a reinvigorated Roman legend of the spolia opima.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marcus Claudius Marcellus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.