Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus

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Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. From the gens of the Claudians .

Marcellus' agnomen Aeserninus was derived from the Samnite city ​​of Aesernia . Marcellus was the son-in-law of Gaius Asinius Pollios , the consul in 40 BC. He began his political career in 48 BC. As quaestor of Quintus Cassius Longinus in the province of Hispania ulterior . Therefore Marcellus was first banished by Caesar , but later accepted again in honor. The sources do not reveal where this change came from. Perhaps Caesar hoped to find followers through his famous Clementia . The high point of Marcellus' career was the consulate in 22 BC. BC Marcellus was also Quindecimvir sacris faciundis and is a member of the college at the secular games of the year 17 BC. Mentioned.

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  1. Cassius Dio, Roman History 42.15f.
  2. CIL 6, 32323 .