Marcellinus

So improvident was the assassin Marcellinus, that he chose the moment when the bravest veterans had been drawn away, to suppress the revolt of Firmus; and the whole province was exposed, with a very feeble defence, to the rage of the exasperated Barbarians.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

This was made to mean that part of the wall of Armagh, with fifty-seven Round Towers, fell in an earthquake in 448, whereas the passage turns out to be a quotation from "Marcellinus" [38] of the fall of part of the defences of Constantinople -- "Urbis Augustæ!"

Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry Thomas Osborne Davis 1829

I had intended to recommend recalling Marcellinus to Italy, whether he wanted to go or not. "

A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

“And certainly none that has your authority,” added Marcellinus, who had always been a supporter of Cicero, right back to the days of the Verres prosecution.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

CICERO INFORMED ONLY the most trusted senators of his intention to propose a triumph for Lucullus—men like his brother, Quintus; the former consul, Gaius Piso; the praetors, Pomptinus and Flaccus; friends such as Gallus, Marcellinus, and the elder Frugi; and the patrician leaders Hortensius, Catulus, and Isauricus.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

Ammianus Marcellinus was a Late Roman historian, active in the late 4th, early 5th century.

Not only are they better capitalists, but better peacemakers too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

Really – should I read Ammianus Marcellinus in the Loeb?

Not only are they better capitalists, but better peacemakers too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

The court duly convened in May, the prosecution being mounted by three young members of the Cornelius Lentulus family—Crus, Marcellinus, and Niger, the latter being also the chief priest of Mars.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

You may want to read Ammianus Marcellinus one of these days, Lester Ness.

Not only are they better capitalists, but better peacemakers too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

Every so often I clarify a bit by asking – well then, just who was Ammianus Marcellinus?

Not only are they better capitalists, but better peacemakers too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008