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Marcus Claudius Marcellus

general and five time consul of the Roman Republic, awarded the Spolia opima for his victories during the Gallic and Punic Wars

9 dated entries naming Marcus Claudius Marcellus, drawn from 8 separate years between 222 BCE and 208 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century BC

  • 222 BCEThe Romans split their forces. Marcus Claudius Marcellus heads for Clastidium while his colleague Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus continues the siege of Acerrae. At the Battle of Clastidium Marcellus defeats the Gaesatae. Marcellus personally slays Viridomarus. This victory removes the Gallic threat to Rome. Marcellus is awarded the spolia opima for the third and last time in Roman history.source
  • 216 BCEAfter the defeat at Cannae, Roman general, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, commands the remnants of the Roman army at Canusium and saves the city of Nola and southern Campania from occupation by Hannibal.source
  • 215 BCEThe Roman general, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, again repulses an attack by Hannibal on the city of Nola.source
  • 214 BCEThe Roman general, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, who is in Sicily at the time of the revolt of Syracuse, leads an army which storms Leontini and besieges Syracuse. With the help of Archimedes' ideas and inventions, the Syracusans repel his attacks by sea.source
  • 212 BCEAfter a two year siege, Roman general, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, gradually forces his way into Syracuse and takes it in the face of strong Carthaginian reinforcements and despite the use of engines of war designed by the Greek mathematician and scientist Archimedes (such as the Claw of Archimedes).source
  • 210 BCEThe Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus is elected consul for the fourth time and takes Salapia in Apulia, which has revolted and joined forces with Hannibal.source
  • 209 BCEThe Battle of Canusium is fought between Hannibal's Carthaginian army and a Roman force led by Marcus Claudius Marcellus. The battle is indecisive.source
  • 208 BCEThe Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus is killed in battle while fighting Hannibal near Venusia, Apulia.source
  • 208 BCEMarcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman general who has captured Syracuse during the Second Punic War and has become known as "the sword of Rome" (b. 268 BC)source

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