Marcellus
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Marcellus [1] may refer to:
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People [edit]
In Roman history [edit]
- A number of men named Marcus Claudius Marcellus, including:
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 287 BC)
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (ca. 268 BC-208 BC), general in the Second Punic War
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC), son of the last
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC) (died ca. 148 BC), consul before and during the Third Punic War
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC), opponent of Julius Caesar
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Julio-Claudian dynasty) (42-23 BC), often simply called Marcellus, nephew and son-in-law of the Emperor Augustus
- Marcellus (prefect of Judea) (fl. 30s), mentioned in Josephus
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Roman consul in 50 BC
- Marcellus Empiricus, Latin medical writer
- Nonius Marcellus, Latin grammarian and lexicographer
- Several men named Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus
- Ulpius Marcellus, Roman governor and general
- Marcellus Orontius, 3rd century neoplatonist and disciple of Plotinus
- Marcellus (usurper), 4th century Roman general
- Marcellus (comes excubitorum) (6th century), commander of the Excubitors
- Marcellus (general under Justinian I) (fl. 530s), Byzantine general
- Marcellus (brother of Justin II) (fl. late 6th century), Byzantine aristocrat and general
In Christianity [edit]
- Marcellus of Ancyra (d. c. 374), bishop
- Pope Marcellus I, saint
- Pope Marcellus II, Italian pope
- Marcellus of Tangier (Marcellus the Centurion), martyr
- Pseudo-Marcellus, author of the Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli
In music [edit]
- John Marcellus, world-renowned trombone virtuoso and teacher
- Robert Marcellus, American classical clarinetist
- Marcellus Hall, artist and musician
In other fields [edit]
- Marcellus, character in William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet
- Marcellus Boss, 5th Civilian Governor of Guam
- Marcellus Gallio, character in the Lloyd C. Douglas Christian novel The Robe and its 20th Century Fox film adaptation
- Marcellus Stearns, American politician
- Nawoon Marcellus, elected official of the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti from 2001 until 2004
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician), nicknamed "The Lion of White Hall". An emancipationist from Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
- Marcellus Wiley, retired American football player
Place names [edit]
- Marcellus, Lot-et-Garonne, France
- United States
Other uses [edit]
- Marcellus Formation, a mapped bedrock unit in eastern North America
See also [edit]
- Marsalis (disambiguation), a family of American musicians
- Marsellus Wallace, a character in the movie Pulp Fiction
- Marcello
- Marcelo
References [edit]
- ^ "Plutarch, The Parallel Lives". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
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