Marcellus, Roman military leader, 3rd century BC

Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman military leader, c. 270 - " 208 BC. Consul of the Roman Republic, winner of the spolia opima for killing Viridomarus at the Battle of Clastidium, conqueror of Syracuse. Shown with the arms of Sicily. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antique Images Conqueror Consul Deorum Et Heroum Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Marcellus Medallion Men And Women Pieter Bodart Roman Myth Roman Republic Syracuse

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