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The article was created a year ago and attempts to detail the life of Marcellus, the nephew of Justinian and Marcellus the Count of Excubitors. I expanded it, added sources and noted the various instances of either Marcellus being mentioned in primary sources. However I am still not certain that these two are the same figure. They could be two people with the same name. Any sources discussing the matter? Dimadick (talk) 13:57, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The PLRE actually has several Marcelluses in its index. The comes excubitorum is Marcellus 3. I cannot access the online version of it right now, but I think that the general Marcellus at Dara is not the comes excubitorum. Oh, and can I copyedit the references from Bury a bit? Lifting whole passages is a bit redundant. Constantine ✍ 17:03, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OK, here it goes: first, the comes excubitorum was not the Marcellus who was a brother of Justin II (PLRE III, Marcellus 5, pp. 816-817). Also, the general Marcellus who served at Dara and then Numidia was also a different person (PLRE III, Marcellus 2, p. 814). The comes excubitorum Marcellus (PLRE III, Marcellus 3, pp. 815-816) was originally a judicial official and not a military man. Hence I propose a simple solution: move (to retain the history) to Marcellus (comes excubitorum) and then delete this page (there were several Marcelluses in the 6th century, so the title is wrong), and create separate pages on each of the others: Marcellus (general under Justinian I), Marcellus (brother of Justin II). Constantine ✍ 18:09, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
