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The obsequics of Marcellus were celebrated with the questionable part he had acted on this occasion
the greatest magnificence by Augristus, who him. Marcellus at first incurred the resentment of
self pronounced the funeral oration over his re- Caesar, but was afterwards restored to favour.
mains, after which they were deposited in the (Hirt. B. Alex. 57—64; Dion Cass. xlii. 15, 16. )
mausoleum lately erected for the Julian family. 19. M. CLAUDIUS, M. P. MARCELLUS AESER-
At a subsequent period (B. c. 14) Augustus dedi- NINUS, consul in B. c. 22. (Dion Cass. liv. 1, and
cated in his name the magnificent theatre near the Arg. ) Perhaps the same with the preceding. He
Forum Olitorium, of which the remains are still married Asinia, the daughter of C. Asinius Pollio,
visible. But the most durable monument to the who was consul in B. C. 40.
memory of Marcellus is to be found in the well- 20. M. CLAUDIUS, M. F. MARCELLUS A ESER-
known passage of Virgil, which must have been NINUS, son of the preceding. When a boy he
composed and recited to Augustus and Octavia broke his leg while acting in the Trojan games
before the end of the year 22. (Dion Cass. liii. before Augustus, a circumstance of which bis
30—32, liv. 26; Vell. Pat. ii. 93 ; Plut. Marc grandfather, Asinius Pollio, complained so loudly
30 ; Suet. Od. 63; Tac. Ann. i. 3, ii. 41, Hist. i. that the custom was abolished. " (Suet. Od. 43. )
15; Propert. iii. 18; Virg. Aen. vi. 860—386; He was trained with much care by his grand-
Serv. ad Viry. I. c. ; Donat. Vit. Virg. )
father in all kinds of oratorical exercises, and
16. M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUs, called by Cicero, gave much promise as an orator. (Senec. Epit.
for distinction's sake, the father of Aeserninus. Controv. lib. iv. praef. ) In A. D. 20 he was one of
(Brut. 36. ) We have no account of his connection those whom Piso requested to undertake his de-
with the main branch of the Marcelli, the family fence on the charge of having poisoned Germanicus,
of the conqueror of Syracuse: the pedigree, as but he declined the office. (Tac. Ann. iii. 11. )
made out by Drumann, though not in itself im- It is probable that Asinius MARCELLUS who
probable, is wholly without authority. He is first is mentioned by Tacitus (Ann, xiv. 40) as a
mentioned as serving under Marius in Gaul in great-grandson of Pollio, was a son of this Aeser-
B. C. 102, when he bore an important part in the ninus.
defeat of the Teutones near Aquae Sextiae. (Plut. 21. P. CORNELIUS LENTULUS MARCELLINUS,
Marc. 20, 21. ) In B. c. 90 his name occurs as was a son of No. 16, and brother of No. 17 (Cic.
one of the lieutenants of L. Julius Caesar in the Brut. 36), who must have been adopted by some
Marsic war: and it appears that after the de- one of the Cornelii Lentuli, though we know not
feat of the consul by Vettius Cato, Marcellus threw by whom. (See Orell. Onom. Tull. p. 177. ) He
himself, with a body of troops, into the strong is mentioned by Cicero (l. c. ) as an orator of con-
fortress of Aesernia in Samnium, where he held siderable merit, and figures as one of the lieute-
out for a considerable time, but was at length nants of Pompey in the war against the pirates,
compelled to surrender for want of provisions. B. C. 67. (Appian, Mithr, 95. ) It appears that
(Appian, B. C. i. 40, 41 ; Liv. Epit. lxxiii. ) It | he married a Cornelia, of the family of the Scipios.
is doubtless from some circumstance connected (Orell. l. c. )
with this siege that his son derived the surname of 22. Cn. CORNELIUS, P. F. LENTULUS MAR-
Aeserniuus. There is little doubt that it is this CELLINUS, son of the preceding. (Dion Cass. Arg.
M. Marcellus who appears as one of the judges in xxxix. ) He is first mentioned as zealously sup-
the trial of P. Quintius, B. C. 81 (Cic. pro Quint. porting the cause of the Sicilians against Verres,
17), and to whom Cicero also alludes as having a while yet a young man, B. c. 70. (Cic. Div. in
deadly feud with the orator L. Crassus ( pro Font. Caecil. 4, in Verr. ii. 42. ) He next appears in
7). He was himself a speaker of no ordinary B. C. 61, as supporting his kinsman, L. Lentulus
merit. (Cic. Brut. 36. )
Crus, in the accusation of Clodius, for violating the
17. M. Claudius, M. F. MARCELLUS AEser- mysteries of the Bona Dea. (Schol. Bob. ad Cic.
NINUS, is mentioned by Cicero as a young man at in Clod. p. 330, ed. Orell. ) In B. C. 59 he held
the trial of Verres (B. C. 70), on which occasion he the office of praetor, and presided at the trial of
appeared as a witness. (Cic. Verr. iv. 42, where, C. Antonius, the colleague of Cicero. (Cic. in
however, several editions give his name as C. Mar- Vatin. 11; Orell. Onom. Tull. p. 177. ) The fol-
cellus. )
lowing year he repaired to Syria, and administered
18. M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS A ESERNIN US, that province for nearly two years, during which
quaestor in Spain in B. 48, under Q. Cassius his time was principally taken up with repressing
Longinus. Drumann supposes him to be a son of the predatory incursions of the neighbouring Arabs.
the preceding, with whom Orelli, on the contrary, (Appian, Syr. 51. ) But he returned to Rome
regards him as identical. (Onomast. Tullian.
) soon enough to sue for the consulship at the elec-
Cassius sent him with a body of troops to hold tions of the year 57, and was chosen for the en-
possession of Corduba, on occasion of the mutiny suing year, together with L. Marcius Philippus.
and revolt excited in Spain by his own exactions. Before the close of the same year also he took a
But Marcellus quickly joined the mutineers, prominent part in favour of Cicero, after the return
though, whether voluntarily or by compulsion, is of the latter from exile, and exerted himself zea-
not certain ; and put himself at the head of all the lously and successfully to procure the restoration
troops assembled at Corduba, whom he retained in of his house and property. (Cic. ad Att. iv, 2, 3,
their fidelity to Caesar, at the same time that he ad Q. Fr. ii. I, de Har. resp. i. 7. ) During the
prepared to resist Cassius by force of arms. But year of his consulship (B. C. 56), Marcellinus op-
though the two leaders, with their armies, were posed a vigorous resistance to the factious violence
fur soine time opposed to one another, Marcellus of Clodius and of the tribune C. Cato ; and by his
avoided coming to a general engagement ; and on conduct in this respect earned from Cicero the
the arrival soon after of the proconsul, M. Lepidus, praise of being one of the best consuls he had ever
he hastened to submit to his authority, and place seen. (Ad Q. Fr. ii. 6. ) At the same time he
the legions under his comniand at his disposal. By endeavoured to check the ambition and restrain the
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Bent to Egypt with an army to reinstate Ptolemy MARCELLUS, EMPIRICUS, was born at
Auletes. But not content with this, he was con- Burdigala (Bordeaux) in the fourth century after
stantly inveighing against him and his ambition in Christ. He is said to have held the office of
his speeches both to the senate and people: and " magister officiorum under Theodosius the
though the former generally were disposed to Great, A. D. 379-395, and to have lost this
concur with him in these sentiments, it is probable post under his successor Arcadius.
He was &
that these attacks of Marcellinus contributed to Christian, but it seems doubtful whether he
induce Pompey to draw closer the bonds which was really a physician, though he is sometimes
united him to his brother triumvirs, at the inter called “ Archiater. ” He is the author of a phar-
view which took place this year at Lucca. (Cic. maceutical work in Latin, “ De Medicamentis Em-
aul Fam. i. 1, 2, ad Q. Fr. ii. 6 ; Dion Cass. xxxix. piricis, Physicis ac Rationabilibus," which he says
16, 18. ) We hear very little of Marcellinus after in the preface he compiled for the use of his sons.
the expiration of his consulship, and the period of It is of little value, and contains many charms and
his death is wholly unknown. Cicero praises his superstitious absurdities, as might have been an-
eloquence, which displayed itself especially during ticipated when he tells us, that he inserted in the
the time that he was consul. (Brut. 70. ) He work not only the medicines approved of by phy•
held the sacerdotal office of one of the Epulones. sicians, but also those recommended by the common
(Id. de Har, resp. 10. )
people (agrestes et plebei). It was first published
23. (P. ) CORNELIUS LENTILUS MARCELLINUS in 1536, fol. Basil. , and is inserted in the collection
(probably a son of the preceding), was quaestor in of medical writers published by Aldus, Venet.
the army of Caesar in B. C. 48, and commanded the 1547, and H. Stephens, Paris, 1567. (Sprengel, Hist.
part of his intrenchments near Dyrrhachium, which de la éd. vol. ii. ; Choulant, Handb, der Bücher
was attacked by Pompey. Marcellinus was de kunde für die Aeltere Medicin. ) [W. A. G. )
feated with heavy loss, and saved only by the MARCELLUS, E'PRIUS, born of an obscure
timely arrival of M. Antony to his support. (Caes. family at Capua, rose by his oratorical talents to
B. C. iii. 62–65; Oros. vi. 15. ) The praenomen distinction at Rome in the reigns of Claudius,
of this Marcellinus is unknown: it has been sup- Nero, and Vespasian. (Dialog. de Orator. 81
posed that he was the father of the following, who Schol. Vet. ad Juv. Sat. iv. 81. ) On the depo-
is called P. F. , but of this there is no proof. sition of L. Silanus, A. D. 49, Marcellus was ap-
24. P. CORNELIUS, P. F. LentulUS MARCEL- pointed to the vacant praetorship, which, however,
LINUS, consul in B. C. 18. (Dion Cass. liv. 12, was so nearly expired that he held it only a few
and Arg. liv. ) Supposed to be a son of the pre- days, or perhaps hours (Tac. Ann. xii. 4; comp.
ceding, but he may have been a grandson of No. Suet. Claud. 29. ) At the beginning of Nero's
21. It is probable that the coin above described reign Marcellus was proconsul of a portion of Asia
(p. 931, b. ) was struck by him rather than by No. nor, probably of Pamphylia, for in A. D. 57,
21, to whom it has been generally ascribed. (Riccio, after his return to Rome, the Lycians, who since
Monete Consolari, p. 52. )
their annexation by Claudius, in A. D. 43, were
The following Marcelli are also mentioned in attached to that province (Dion Cass. lx. 17), ac-
history, of whose relation to either of the above cused him of malversation. His eloquence, or
families nothing is known.
rather his wealth, procured an acquittal, and some
25. M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS, plebeian aedile of his accusers were banished as the authors of an
in B. c. 216. (Liv. xxiii. 30. )
unfounded and frivolous charge. (Tac. Ann. xiii.
26. M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS, tribune of the 33. ) Marcellus now became one of the principal
plebs in B. c. 171. (Liv. xlii. 32. )
delators under Nero. He was able, venal, and
27. M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS, praetor in B. c. unscrupulous, and he accordingly acquired wealth,
137, was killed by lightning during the year of his influence, and hatred. In A. D. 66, he seconded
office. (Jul. Obseq. 83. )
Cossutianus Capito (Capito CossUTIANUS] in the
28. M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS, an associate and impeachment of Thrasea Paetus, and for his exer-
friend of Catiline, and one of those who took part tions received from Nero an extravagant fee (id.
in his conspiracy, B. c. 63. On the discovery of Ann. xvi. 23, 26, 28, 33). The fortunes of Mar-
their designs, he endeavoured to get up an insur- cellus were for a time shaken by Nero's death.
rection among the Pelignians ; but this was quickly He became in turn the object of attack — by Hel-
suppressed by the praetor, L. Bibulus, and Mar- vidius Priscus, Thrasea's son-in-law, as a delator,
cellus himself put to death. (Cic. in Catil. i. 8; and by Licinius Caecina, a partisan of Otho's
Oros. vi. 6. )
(CAECINA, No. 10), as a favourer of Vitellius,
29. C. CLAUDIUS M. F. MARCELLUS, son of the A. D. 69. (Tac. Hist. ii. 53, iv.