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Marcellus, Claudius

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Roman general; in a war with the Gauls killed their chief Viridomarus with his own hands, whose spoils he dedicated as spolia opima (q. v .) to Jupiter; took Syracuse, which long baffled him through the skill of Archimedes, and fell fighting against Hannibal 208 B.C.; he was five times consul though but of plebeian birth.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Marcellus, Claudius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/marcellus-claudius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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