Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus

Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus is a name used by several men of the

• Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus is mentioned by
  Verres (70 BC), on which occasion he appeared as a witness,^[1] where, however, several editions give his name as C. Marcellus.^[2]

• Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus was
  Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, he hastened to submit to his authority and place the legions under his command at his disposal.^[2] Due to the questionable part he had acted on this occasion, Marcellus at first incurred the resentment of Caesar but was afterwards restored to favor.^[4][5]
• Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus was
  Gaius Asinius Pollio, who was consul in 40 BC.^[2]
• Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus, son of the preceding. When a boy he broke his leg while performing in the equestrian
  Asinius Pollio, to complain so loudly that Augustus never held the game again.^[7] He was trained with much care by his grandfather in all kinds of oratorical exercises, and gave much promise as an orator.^[8] In 20 AD he was one of those whom Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso requested to undertake his defense on the charge of having poisoned Germanicus, but he declined the office.^[9] It is probable that the Asinius Marcellus mentioned by Tacitus as a great-grandson of Pollio was a son of this Aeserninus.^[2][10]

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Marcellus, Claudius (17)-(20)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 935.