biography
| name: |
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius
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pronunciation:
[mah(r)selus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.268–208 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman general of the time of the Second Punic War. Nicknamed the ‘Sword of Rome’, his main exploits were the defeat of the Insubrian Gauls (222 BC) and the capture of Syracuse (212 BC) |
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