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270 BCE - 208 BCE: Life of Roman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus.
226 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus is made a praetor.
222 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus is made consul for the first time.
216 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus successfully defends Nola against attack from Hannibal during the Second Punic War.
215 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus is made consul.
214 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus is made consul.
213 BCE - 212 BCE: Roman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus lays seige to and ultimately sacks Syracuse.
212 BCE: A Carthaginian army is defeated in Sicily by a Roman army led by Marcellus. Syracuse falls to Rome who now control the island.
211 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus is given a triumph for his capture of Syracuse and victories in Sicily.
210 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus is made consul.
208 BCE: Marcus Claudius Marcellus is made consul for the fifth time.
208 BCE: Roman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus is killed in an ambush in Venusia, southern Italy.