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215) C. Claudius Marcellus

Among Catiline's comrades were two Marcelli, father and son. <50> In autumn 691 = 63, when Catiline had looked for support from various men in vain, he finally found this only with his co-conspirator M. Marcellus (Cic. Cat. I 19; hence Quintil. inst. or. IX 2, 45. About the reading of the mss. M. Metellus cf. above p.1206 nr 80 a as well as Willrich De coniurat. Catilin. fontibus [Göttingen 1893] 47 note.). Oros. VI 6, 7 speaks of both Marcelli: <60> motus in Paelignis ortus a Marcellis patre et filio per L. Vettium proditus patefacta Catilinae coniuratione ..... compressus est et de utroque per Bibulum in Paelignis, per Ciceronem in Bruttiis vindicatum est. Cicero, in Sest. 9, reports that C. Marcellus came to Capua and intended to incite the gladiators there, who had indeed also played such an important role in the war of Spartacus; however, he was cast out by P. Sestius. <page break 2733/2734> These stories can be combined as follows: M. Marcellus was the father and C. Marcellus was the son. M. Marcellus remained in Rome for longer and then headed into the area of Paeligni, and C. Marcellus first sought to get an uprising going in Capua, and then in Bruttium.

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