Marcus Claudius Marcellus (cos. 51) edit

Consul in 51 BCE

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Career

64 BCE

Quaestor edit

A colleague of Cato (a). Sobeck (49) identifies him with the Consul of 51.
54 BCE

Praetor edit

The latest date possible under the Cornelian law.
51 BCE

Consul edit

The strongly anti-Caesarian attitude of Marcellus who attempted to raise the question of a successor to Caesar in Gaul was opposed both by his colleague and by Pompey (a). Marcellus even went the length of scourging a citizen of Novum Comum, to show that he did not recognize Caesar's claim that they were citizens (b).