Marcus
Family: Roman · Role: successor to Sextus Caesar · First appears: Book I, Chapter 10
In Book I, Chapter 10, Marcus came from Italy as successor to Sextus Caesar while the war continued at length. In Chapter 11 at Apamia, Cassius reconciled Marcus with Bassus and the legions that were at odds with him, then raised the siege and took command of the army.
As president of Syria, Marcus resolved to kill Malichus because of his attempts at innovation, but Antipater dissuaded him, preserving Malichus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Marcus arrived from Italy as successor to Sextus Caesar.(Book I, Chapter 10 · 📍 Italy)
- With: Sextus Caesar
- “and as this war grew to be of a considerable length, Marcus came out of Italy as successor to Sextus.”
- Cassius reconciled Bassus and Marcus, raised the siege, and assumed command of the army.(Book I, Chapter 11 · 📍 Apamia)
- With: Cassius Bassus (Roman officer in ch011)
- “Accordingly, Cassius came into Syria, in order to receive the forces that were at Apamia, where he procured a reconciliation between Bassus and Marcus, and the legions which were at difference with him; so he raised the siege of Apamia, and took upon him the command of the army”
Book I, Chapter 10
- with Sextus Caesar (interaction) “Marcus came out of Italy as successor to Sextus”
Book I, Chapter 11
- with Bassus (Roman officer in ch011) (Bassus and Marcus were reconciled.) “Accordingly, Cassius came into Syria, in order to receive the forces that were at Apamia, where he procured a reconciliation between Bassus and Marcus, and the legions which were at difference with him;”
- enemies with Malichus (Jewish commander) “Thus was he preserved again by Antipater, who dissuaded Marcus, the then president of Syria, from his resolution of killing Malichus, on account of his attempts for innovation.”
- with Antipater (Antipater dissuaded Marcus from killing Malichus.) “Thus was he preserved again by Antipater, who dissuaded Marcus, the then president of Syria, from his resolution of killing Malichus, on account of his attempts for innovation.”
- with Malichus (Jewish commander) (Marcus had resolved to kill Malichus.) “Thus was he preserved again by Antipater, who dissuaded Marcus, the then president of Syria, from his resolution of killing Malichus, on account of his attempts for innovation.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.