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Marcellus, Marcus Claudius 42-23BC
Roman nobleman

He was a son of Octavia, the sister of the Emperor Augustus, and married his 14-year-old cousin Julia in 25BC. That same year Augustus adopted Marcellus, who served under him in Spain, and named him his first successor; his early death was widely regarded as a national calamity and was lamented by Virgil in the Aeneid (vi. 861-87).