Marcellus the Younger

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Roman nobleman ancient Roman politician member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

Marcellus the Younger was a promising Roman nobleman and nephew of Emperor Augustus, whose early death led to his commemoration in Virgil’s Aeneid and the naming of the Theatre of Marcellus in his honor.

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Label	Occurrences
Marcellus the Younger canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman nobleman ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
adoptiveFather	Augustus ⓘ
associatedWith	Augustan propaganda ⓘ Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Augustan succession
aunt	Livia Drusilla ⓘ
birthDate	c. 42 BC ⓘ
burialPlace	Mausoleum of Augustus ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Virgil ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ surface form: Aeneid, Book 6
deathDate	23 BC ⓘ
eponymOf	Theatre of Marcellus, Rome ⓘ surface form: Theatre of Marcellus
era	late Roman Republic ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Roman ⓘ
father	Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor ⓘ
fullName	Marcus Claudius Marcellus ⓘ
hasMemorial	Theatre of Marcellus, Rome ⓘ surface form: Theatre of Marcellus
heirStatus	early designated heir of Augustus ⓘ
languageSpoken	Latin ⓘ
maternalGrandfather	Gaius Octavius ⓘ
maternalGrandmother	Atia Balba Caesonia ⓘ
maternalUncle	Augustus ⓘ
mentionedIn	Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ surface form: Aeneid
mother	Octavia the Younger ⓘ
nobleFamily	Claudian gens ⓘ Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Julio-Claudian house
notableFor	being Augustus’s favored early heir ⓘ dying at a young age ⓘ literary commemoration in Virgil’s Aeneid ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Baiae ⓘ
politicalOffice	aedile designate ⓘ pontiff ⓘ
relative	Drusus the Elder ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ
romanCognomen	Marcellus ⓘ
romanNomen	Claudius ⓘ
romanPraenomen	Marcus ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Julia the Elder ⓘ Julia the Elder ⓘ surface form: Julia, daughter of Augustus
timePeriod	1st century BC ⓘ

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Mausoleum of Augustus → burialPlaceOf → Marcellus the Younger ⓘ