Marcus Claudius Marcellus [SEP] position held
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (; c. 268 – 208 BC), five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic, was an important Roman military leader during the Gallic War of 225 BC and the Second Punic War. Marcellus gained the most prestigious award a Roman general could earn, the "spolia opima", for killing the Gallic military leader and king Viridomarus in hand-to-hand combat in 222 BC at the Battle of Clastidium. Furthermore, he is noted for having conquered the fortified city of Syracuse
of 166 BC.
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus, praetor in 137 BC, was killed by lightning during his year of office.
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus, a lieutenant of Lucius Julius Caesar during the Social War; he held the fortress of Aesernia in Samnium for some time, but was ultimately compelled to surrender. He was a rival of the orator Lucius Licinius Crassus.
- Marcus Claudius M. f. M. n. Marcellus, curule aedile in 91 BC.
- Gaius Claudius M. f. M. n. Marcellus, praetor in