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Marcellus
Also known as Claudius Marcellus, Marcus Marcellus, Marcus Claudius Marcellus
nephew and son-in-law of Roman emperor Augustus
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1848
- Died
- 1923
- Works
- 42
Top works
- Waan
- Onze onzalige erfenis
- Liefdeleven
- Juliaan de Afvallige
- Godenschemering
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- Listeners
- 949
- Total plays
- 5,305
With a voice reminiscent of pop royalty, the charisma of Hollywood’s leading men and a swagger that demands to be noticed, this triple threat offers a breath of fresh air to popular music. Growing up in metro Detroit, Michigan, Marcellus got his roots singing in choir as a child. He began writing songs at an early age: “I would just sit there with my piano and channel whatever melody came to me. I was too young to really understand that what I was doing was songwriting <a href="https://www.last.
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Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42–23 BC) was the eldest son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus and Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus (then known as Octavian). He was Augustus' nephew and closest male relative, and began to enjoy an accelerated political career as a result. He was educated with his cousin Tiberius and traveled with him to Hispania where they served under Augustus in the Cantabrian Wars. In 25 BC he returned to Rome where he married his cousin Julia, who was the emperor's daughter. Marcellus and Augustus' general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa were the two popular choices as heir to the empire. According to Suetonius, this put Agrippa at odds with Marcellus, and is the reason why Agrippa traveled away from Rome to Mytilene in 23 BC.