Marcus Ulpius Marcellus

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Marcus Ulpius Marcellus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

A military diploma proves that Marcellus 119 was prefect of the Roman fleet stationed in Ravenna ( classis praetoria Ravennas ).

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Remarks

  1. ↑ According to Werner Eck , Marcellus' Roman citizenship probably goes back to Trajan (98–117), when he was already emperor; command of the fleet is therefore an exceptional example of the social advancement of new citizens, since it usually took longer to be accepted into the Equester Ordo .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Military diploma of the year 119 ( ZPE-181-202 )
  2. ↑ Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: A M. Ulpius Marcellus as praefectus classis Ravennatis in a diploma of the year 119 AD In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 181 (2012), pp. 202–206, here p. 203 -204 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Ulpius Marcellus, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century