Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CLAU2397 C. Claudius (217) M. f. M. n. Marcellus

Status

Life Dates

  • 44?, death (Broughton MRR II)

Relationships

son of
M. Claudius (227) M. f. Arn. Marcellus (pr.? before 74) (RE)
brother of
? M. Claudius (229) M. f. M. n. Marcellus (cos. 51) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Aedilis Curulis? before 55 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 1 Note the monogram MAR in ligature inscribed on the statue of the "Hellenistic Ruler." P. Williams suggests that it is a mark from the aedileship of C. Claudius Marcellus (AJA 49 [1945] 344f.; cf. Rhys Carpenter, ibid. 357). (Broughton MRR II)
    • A candidate for the aedileship of 56 (Cic. Ait. 4.3.5). Münzer (RE no. 216; Hermes 40 [1905] 97) is inclined to identify this Marcellus with C. Marcellus, Cos. 50. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor before 51 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • The latest date possible under the Cornelian law. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 750, footnote 336 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 49 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • L. Cornelius P. f. – n. Lentulus Crus Pat. (218) Pr. 58 CIL 12 .2.967, cf. 669; Grueber, CRRBM 1.504; 2.466f., 558; Cic. Fam. 7.3.1; Att. 15.3.1; Phil. 2.51; Hirt. in Caes. BG 8.50.4; Bell. Alex. 68.2; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 132, 496f.; Vell. 2.49.1; Joseph. AJ 14.228 and 238; App. BC 2.33; Flor. 2.13.15; Dio 41, Index, and 1.1; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Schol. Bob. 89 Stangl; cf. Plut. Caes. 29-31, who confuses C. and M. Marcellus. They were elected as anti-Caesarians (Hirt. in Caes. BG 8.50.4; Suet. Iul. 29.2), and supported the Pompeian interest in the Senate meetings early in January and in the subsequent negotiations, and left Italy even before Pompey (Cic. Att. 7.12-9.9, passim, esp. 7.21, and 24. 8.12A; Fam. 16.11.3; Caes. BC 1.1-6, passim, esp. 1.4-6, and 14: and 25; Vell. 2.49.1-50.2, and 53.1; Lucan 2.645-649; Petron. 124, lines 288-289; Suet. Iul. 29.2; 34.1; Plut. Pomp. 59, and 61-62; Caes. 30-31; 33.4; 34.1; 35.1; Ant. 5.5; App. BC 2.33, and 36-37, and 39; Dio 41.1, and 3, and 6, and 12; Eutrop. 6.18.2-3; Oros. 6.15.2 and 4), thus foiling Caesar's attempt to make contact with Lentulus through the younger Balbus (Cic. Att. 8.9.4, and 11. 5; 9. 6. 1). Lentulus actively recruited troops in Asia (Caes. BC 3.4.1; Joseph. AJ 14.228, 232, 234 236, and 238). Both Consuls and the anti-Caesarian government as a whole wintered at Thessalonica (Dio 41.43; see Promagistrates, on Pompey). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Moneyer 49 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 445 (RRC)
  • Proconsul 48 Rhodes (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably Proconsul (see Dio 41.43.2-3), and shared with Coponius the command of the Rhodian section of Pompey's fleet (Caes. BC 3.5.3). The date of his death remains uncertain (Cic. Phil. 13.29). (Broughton MRR II)

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