Claudius Marcellus

Also known as: Marcellus · Family: Roman senatorial class · Role: consul · First appears: Julius Caesar 28

Life events

Claudius Marcellus moved to appoint a successor to Caesar in his province before Caesar’s command expired.(Julius Caesar 28)
- With: Julius Caesar
- “Claudius Marcellus, the consul, declaring first by proclamation, that he intended to propose a measure of the utmost importance to the state, made a motion in the senate that some person should be appointed to succeed Caesar in his province, before the term of his command was expired”
Claudius Marcellus moved to deny Caesar’s candidacy for consul while absent.(Julius Caesar 28)
- With: Julius Caesar
- “He further moved, that Caesar being absent, his claims to be a candidate at the next election of consuls should not be admitted”
Claudius Marcellus moved to strip Caesar’s New Como colonists of Roman citizenship.(Julius Caesar 28 · 📍 New Como)
- With: Julius Caesar
- “Marcellus, not content with depriving Caesar of his provinces, and the privilege intended him by Pompey, likewise moved the senate, that the freedom of the city should be taken from those colonists whom, by the Vatinian law, he had settled at New Como”

enemies with Julius Caesar “Marcellus, not content with depriving Caesar of his provinces, and the privilege intended him by Pompey, likewise moved the senate, that the freedom of the city should be taken from those colonists whom, by the Vatinian law, he had settled at New Como; because it had been conferred upon them with ambitious views, and by a stretch of the laws.”
rivals with Julius Caesar “Marcellus, not content with depriving Caesar of his provinces, and the privilege intended him by Pompey, likewise moved the senate, that the freedom of the city should be taken from those colonists whom, by the Vatinian law, he had settled at New Como;”

Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.