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Marcellus

masc. proper name, Latin, diminutive of Marcus.

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Marcellus, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 1826
Housing Units (2000): 838
Land area (2000): 0.617892 sq. miles (1.600334 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.617892 sq. miles (1.600334 sq. km)
FIPS code: 45480
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.985572 N, 76.341378 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13108
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Marcellus, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 1162
Housing Units (2000): 462
Land area (2000): 0.675845 sq. miles (1.750430 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.009410 sq. miles (0.024372 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.685255 sq. miles (1.774802 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51460
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.026021 N, 85.813251 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49067
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Marcellus

Marcellus may refer to:

  • Marcellus (name)
  • Marcellus, Lot-et-Garonne, France
  • Marcellus, Michigan
  • Marcellus, New York
  • Marcellus, Washington
  • Marcellus Township, Michigan
  • Marcellus (village), New York
  • Marcellus Central School District, a school district in New York
  • Marcellus Community Schools, a school district in Michigan
  • Marcellus Formation, a mapped bedrock unit in eastern North America
  • Marcellus as Hermes Logios, a Roman sculpture
  • Marcellus High School, Onondaga County, New York
  • Marcellus natural gas trend, an area of shale gas extraction in the eastern United States
  • Marcellus News, newspaper in Marcellus, Michigan
  • Marcellus Pedrick House, historic site in Ripon, Wisconsin
  • Pope Marcellus Mass, a mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  • Protographium marcellus, a butterfly
  • Pseudorhabdosynochus marcellus, a fish parasite
  • Saint Marcellus' flood, 1362 European windstorm
  • Theatre of Marcellus, ancient open-air theatre in Rome
  • , a collier in service with the United States Navy from 1898 to 1910

Marcellus (prefect of Judea)

Marcellus was Roman Prefect of the province of Judea.

He was a friend of Lucius Vitellius (ib. 4, § 2), who appointed him after sending Pilate to Rome (in 36 or 37) to render account. It may be assumed, however, that Marcellus was not really a governor of Judea but only a subordinate official of Vitellius. Indeed, this is the only instance where Josephus, in designating the office of Marcellus, uses the expression epimeletes (ἐπιμελητής) = "overseer", which is uncommon, and we are not certain whether Marcellus really had the powers of a prefect or was merely a caretaker. No official act of Marcellus is reported. In 37, he was replaced by Marullus.

However, some insight into the changed situation in Jerusalem after the departure of Pilate is seen in the contrast between the trial and execution of Jesus and that of the first Christian Martyr Saint Stephen (Acts 7). In the former, the Sanhedrin (Jewish Council) passed the death sentence but dared not carry it out without the prefect's endorsement, and the execution was carried out by the Roman state. In the case of Stephen, the Romans were ignored and the hurried execution was by the old Jewish method of stoning. It would appear that a temporary overseer may have preferred to stay in Caesarea and turn a blind eye to the growing confidence and aggression of the Jewish leaders.

Marcellus (usurper)

Marcellus (died 366) was an officer of the Roman Empire, supporter of usurper Procopius and usurper himself for a short time.

There are two versions of the history of his usurpation, the first told by Ammianus Marcellinus, a contemporary historian, the second exposed by Zosimus, an historian of the beginning of the 6th century.

Marcellus (comes excubitorum)

Marcellus was an East Roman (Byzantine) judicial official, one of the closest aides of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) and commander of the imperial bodyguard of the excubitores in circa 541–552.

Marcellus (brother of Justin II)

Marcellus was a brother of Byzantine emperor Justin II (r. 565–578) and general under his uncle, Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565).

Marcellus (name)

Marcellus is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Usage examples of "marcellus".

Marcellus was thought by a few shrewd observers to be that of making Agrippa jealous.

It was now thought by these same shrewd observers that Livia was playing a very dangerous game in making Agrippa jealous of Marcellus, and events were watched with great interest.

Perhaps her devotion to Marcellus was a sham and her real intention was that Agrippa should be goaded into putting nim out of the way.

Marcellus and kill him: but that Agrippa, though he was no less jealous than Livia had intended him to be, was too honourable to accept such a base suggestion.

Marcellus was the offended and Agrippa wished to put the whole burden OB him.

Augustus, who had himself been greatly disturbed by it, torn between old friendship for Agrippa and indulgent paternal love for Marcellus, did not allow himself to consider how generously Agrippa was behaving, for that would have been a confession of his own weakness, and so made no reference to the matter either.

Augustus himself is of opinion that this is the safest course to take, for Postumus is ambitious: the same sort of uncomfortable situation must not arise as when the young nobles supported Marcellus against Agrippa or Gaius against Tiberius.

And certainly neither the permanent Treasury staff nor Marcellus and Lollius, the two other urban quaestors, had any idea that things were about to change radically.

Gaius Marcellus Major and Gaius Coponius took charge of the twenty superb triremes Rhodes had donated to the distressingly persistent Cato, who refused to leave without them.

Claudius Marcellus had his command extended for a year The praetors balloted for their provinces.

But the evidence of his destructive rage is doubtful and recent: the Temple of Peace, or the theatre of Marcellus, have been demolished by the slow operation of ages, and a formal proscription would have multiplied the copies of Virgil and Livy in the countries which were not subject to the ecclesiastical dictator.

Marcellus, the former of these prelates, had thrown the capital into confusion, by the severe penance which he imposed on a great number of Christians, who, during the late persecution, had renounced or dissembled their religion.

Of course his appearance wasn't helped by his refusal to cut or comb his bird's nest of hair, but even so, Marcellus felt a pang of guilt.

It so happened that when Marcellus reached Rome to avert the threatened disgrace, Fulvius also arrived to conduct the elections.

After the wonder of the Coliseum, Poggius might have overlooked small amphitheatre of brick, most probably for the use of the praetorian camp: the theatres of Marcellus and Pompey were occupied in a great measure by public and private buildings.