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Marcellinus may refer to:
- Pope Marcellinus, third century pope
- Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman historian
- Marcellinus (writer), author of the life of Thucydides
- Marcellinus (magister officiorum) (d. c. 351), officer of Emperor Constans and of usurper Magnentius
- Marcellinus of Gaul (d. 374), saint and evangelist
- Marcellinus of Carthage (d. 413), saint and martyr
- Marcellinus and Peter (d. 304), two Christian martyrs
- Marcellinus (magister militum) (d. c. 468) a Roman general who took part in the invasion of Africa against Geiseric, together with Heraclius and Basiliscus
- Marcellinus Comes (Count Marcellinus), 6th-century chronicler
- Narcissus, Argeus, and Marcellinus, martyrs at Tomi
__NOTOC__ Marcellinus (died 31 September 351) was a Roman Empire officer under Roman Emperor Constans and usurper Magnentius.
Marcellinus was comes rerum privatarum of Emperor Constans. He played a major role in the election of Magnentius to the rank of Augustus at Augustodunum, on January 18, 350. Marcellinus organized a party for the birthday of his sons, and invited many of the superior officers: Magnentius, acting like interpreting a drama, vested the imperial robes, and was hailed Augustus by the officers; when the troops heard the cries, they supported Magnentius' election.
Magnentius raised Marcellinus to the rank of magister officiorum; after the usurpation of Nepotianus (3 June 350), Marcellinus was sent to Rome to deal with the matter, and he succeeded in suppressing the revolt (30 June), killing Nepotianus and his mother Eutropia, half-sister of Emperor Constantine I.
Marcellinus also met Emperor Constantius II's messenger, Flavius Philippus, and escorted him to Magnentius, in a failed embassy to avoid a battle between Constantius and Magnentius. Marcellinus disappeared in the following Battle of Mursa Major (28 September 351), in which Magnentius was defeated. Most likely, he was killed, and his body lost.
Marcellinus (died August 468) was a Roman general and patrician who ruled over the region of Dalmatia in the Western Roman Empire and held sway with the army there from 454 until his death.
Marcellinus was the author of a Life of Thucydides, found in some of the ancient commentaries on the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. Nothing else is known for certain about this Marcellinus, but he probably lived in about the 6th century AD, and compiled his biography from passages in early writers, adding his own observations. Because he lived so long after Thucydides, the statements of Marcellinus must be treated with caution unless they are supported by other evidence.
Aurelius/Iulius Marcellinus ( Consul 275 AD) (his nomen is uncertain) was a Roman soldier and Imperial functionary who had a brilliant equestrian career (see Roman equestrian order) and was elevated to the Senate when he was chosen by the Emperor Aurelian as his consular colleague. His appointment as Consul is thought to have been a reward for his loyalty and steadfastness in 273 when, as Aurelian's deputy in charge of the eastern provinces of the Empire where the authority of the Imperial Government had only recently been restored, he resisted attempts to suborn him by a rebellious faction in the city of Palmyra.
His promotion was unusual in that he had not achieved the rank of Praetorian Prefect, the level of seniority in the Imperial Service at which equestrian officials might hope to be elevated to the Senate. However, this practice, which was to become a regular feature during the reign of Diocletian, was still inchoate in 275 AD.
Obviously a man of considerable capabilities who had attracted the Imperial patronage of the Emperor Gallienus and whose services continued to be much valued by Aurelian, the paucity of the surviving records means that even the identity Marcellinus is uncertain while nothing else is known of his life beyond the bare outlines recounted here.