Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC)
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Marcus Claudius Marcellus (died circa 148 BC) was Roman consul
for year 166 BC (together with Gaius Sulpicius Gallus
), for 155 BC (with Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
), and for 152 BC (with Lucius Valerius Flaccus).
In 155 BC, he celebrated a triumph
against the Apuani
.
He was apparently the son of Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC)
, censor in 189 BC and the grandson of Marcus Claudius Marcellus
, the five-times consul.
He founded Corduba (Cordoba
) sometime in the 160s or 150s.
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
for year 166 BC (together with Gaius Sulpicius Gallus
Gaius Sulpicius Gallus
Gaius Sulpicius Gallus or Galus was a general, statesman and orator of the Roman Republic.Under Lucius Aemilius Paulus, his intimate friend, he commanded the 2nd legion in the campaign against Perseus, king of Macedonia, and gained great reputation for having predicted an eclipse of the moon on the...
), for 155 BC (with Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum was a Roman statesman and member of the gens Cornelia.Corculum was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica , and was thus a first cousin once removed of the Roman general Scipio Africanus...
), and for 152 BC (with Lucius Valerius Flaccus).
In 155 BC, he celebrated a triumph
Roman triumph
The Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander who had won great military successes, or originally and traditionally, one who had successfully completed a foreign war. In Republican...
against the Apuani
Apuani
The Apuani were one of the most formidable and powerful of the Ligurian tribes who lived in ancient north-western Italy, mentioned repeatedly by Livy...
.
He was apparently the son of Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC)
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC)
Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a consul and a censor in of the Roman Republic. He was the son of the famous general Marcus Claudius Marcellus , and possibly father of the three-time consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus .Marcellus first appears in Livy's history when his father, then curule aedile,...
, censor in 189 BC and the grandson of Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Marcus Claudius Marcellus , five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic, was an important Roman military leader during the Gallic War of 225 BC and the Second Punic War...
, the five-times consul.
He founded Corduba (Cordoba
Córdoba, Spain
-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...
) sometime in the 160s or 150s.