Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus

Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a Roman politician Aeserninus of the 1st century BC, from the assets of the Claudian.

Marcellus ' Agnomen Aeserninus was derived from the Samnite city Aesernia. Marcellus was Gaius Asinius Pollio's son, the consul in 40 BC He began his political career in the year 48 BC as quaestor Quintus Cassius Longinus in the province of Hispania ulterior. Therefore, Marcellus was first banished by Caesar, but later resumed in honor. How this change came, the sources do not reveal. Perhaps Caesar hoped his famous clemency to find followers. The highlight of Marcellus ' career was the consulate in 22 BC, Marcellus was also Quindecimvir sacris faciundis and BC mentioned as a member of the College at the secular games of the year 17.