Marcellus Marcus Claudius

Marcellus, Marcus Claudius, a Roman general who was five times consul. In 222 B.C. he won for the last time the Spolia opima by killing with his own hand Viridomarus, King of the Insubrian Gauls. His next exploit was the saving of Nola from Hannibal after Cannae. During the second Punic Wrar he also red need Syracuse by blockade and conquered Sicily. During his last consulship he was killed in a skirmish with Hannibal near Venusia (208 B.C.), at which place he had fought an indecisive battle in the preceding year.