Marcus Claudius Marcellus Timeline

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c. 270 BCE - 208 BCE

Life of Roman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus.
c. 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.