Background
He was a direct descendant of consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus. His grandfather was also named Marcus. His father was Gaius and his mother was named Junia.
politician consul of the Roman Republic
He was a direct descendant of consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus. His grandfather was also named Marcus. His father was Gaius and his mother was named Junia.
From his first unnamed wife, Marcellus had a daughter who married the Roman Senator, Sextus Quinctilius Varus who served as a Quaestor in 49 British Columbia.
However, Pompey apparently declined the proposal and Octavia"s husband continued to oppose Julius Caesar, culminating in the crucial year of his consulship in 50 British Columbia when he tried to recall Julius Caesar from his ten-year governorship in Gaul two years early, without his army, in an attempt to save the Roman Republic. Failing this, he called unsuccessfully upon Caesar to resign. He also obstructed Caesar from standing for a second consulship in absentia, insisting that he should return to Rome to stand, thereby forgoing the protection of his armies in Gaul.
Caesar subsequently pardoned him.
He was a member of the distinguished Claudius family.
