Marcus Claudius Marcellus

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 8 §18 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus, consul of 331 BC, the year of the poisoning scandal.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §35 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  A leading Roman general of the war, later the captor of Syracuse.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §14 the Roman praetor Marcus Claudius

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus (c. 270–208 BC), five times consul, 'the sword of Rome,' who won at Nola the first successes against Hannibal in Italy.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §9 Marcus Marcellus for the third

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus (c. 270–208 BC), five times consul, 'the sword of Rome,' consul here for the third time and the chief Roman commander against Syracuse.

• The History of Rome, Book 25 §3 Marcus Marcellus

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus, the Roman commander who storms Syracuse in this book and settles Sicily; later honored with temples at the Porta Capena.

• The History of Rome, Book 26 §1 Marcus Marcellus

  The conqueror of Syracuse; in this book he triumphs in ovation, is elected consul, and exchanges into the war with Hannibal.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §1 Marcellus

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus, five-times consul, the chief Roman general against Hannibal in Italy; killed in an ambush in this book (ch. 26-27).

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §1 Marcellus

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus, five-times consul, conqueror of Syracuse; his veterans, skilled at sieges, Scipio picks for Africa.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §27 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus, five-times consul, in whose consulship (208) Manlius vowed the games now held.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §11 Marcus Claudius

  Marcus Claudius Marcellus, in whose consulship (210 BC) private citizens had lent the state the money now due.

• The History of Rome, Book 32 §10 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Praetor 198 BC, assigned Sicily.

• The History of Rome, Book 32 §31 Marcus Marcellus

  Praetor holding Sicily.

• The History of Rome, Book 33 §22 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Consul 196 BC, victor over the Insubres and Comenses.

• The History of Rome, Book 35 §4 Marcus Marcellus

  Consular legate (consul 196), serving under Merula against the Boii.

• The History of Rome, Book 37 §51 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  A candidate for the censorship of 189 BC, elected with Flamininus.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §19 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Censor of 189 BC, colleague of Flamininus.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §22 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Praetor of 188 BC and censor of this period; of the famous Claudian Marcelli.

• The History of Rome, Book 39 §23 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Praetor elected for 185 BC.

• The History of Rome, Book 40 §16 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Proconsul in Gaul; he receives Ligurian surrenders, founds operations toward Aquileia, and campaigns against the Istrians.

• The History of Rome, Book 41 §18 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Former consul and censor, a pontifex who died this year and was succeeded in the priesthood by his son.

• The History of Rome, Book 42 §36 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  A tribune of the plebs who, with Fulvius Nobilior, would have deferred the matter to the consuls' authority.

• The History of Rome, Book 43 §16 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Praetor of 169 BC, allotted Spain.

• The History of Rome, Book 45 §4 Marcus Marcellus

  Returning from Spain, he brought captured gold and silver into the treasury.

• The History of Rome, Book 45 §44 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

  Created consul for the following year.