Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42 BC – 23 BC) was the eldest son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, a former Roman consul, and of Octavia Minor, sister of Caesar Augustus, and hence was Augustus' nephew. He married the emperor's daughter Julia two years prior to his death, and served in that same year, 25 BC, under Augustus in Hispania alongside the future emperor Tiberius. He was given preference and so was elected at an unusually young age as a curule aedile, a magistrate's office, an honor Marcellus celebrated by presenting extraordinary public games (with Augustus' support). His ambitions are saidTemplate:By whom? to have brought him into conflict with Agrippa and with others: he is describedTemplate:By whom? as the presumptive monarchic heir of Augustus (though not by Augustus), or as his beloved nephew and son-in‑law (though less preferred than Agrippa as heir). He died at ca. 19 years of age, in Baiae, Campania, Italy, in 23 BC, and was buried in the mausoleum of Augustus, specific cause of death uncertain. His mother Octavia built a library in his honor, and Augustus' fondness was expressed in his funeral oration, and in naming a theatre and placing funerary statues of him (e.g., Marcellus as Hermes Logios). Though dying young and unproven, Marcellus' position led to his celebration by Sextus Propertius and by Virgil in the Aeneid."@en }
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- Marcus_Claudius_Marcellus_(Julio-Claudian_dynasty) abstract "Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42 BC – 23 BC) was the eldest son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, a former Roman consul, and of Octavia Minor, sister of Caesar Augustus, and hence was Augustus' nephew. He married the emperor's daughter Julia two years prior to his death, and served in that same year, 25 BC, under Augustus in Hispania alongside the future emperor Tiberius. He was given preference and so was elected at an unusually young age as a curule aedile, a magistrate's office, an honor Marcellus celebrated by presenting extraordinary public games (with Augustus' support). His ambitions are saidTemplate:By whom? to have brought him into conflict with Agrippa and with others: he is describedTemplate:By whom? as the presumptive monarchic heir of Augustus (though not by Augustus), or as his beloved nephew and son-in‑law (though less preferred than Agrippa as heir). He died at ca. 19 years of age, in Baiae, Campania, Italy, in 23 BC, and was buried in the mausoleum of Augustus, specific cause of death uncertain. His mother Octavia built a library in his honor, and Augustus' fondness was expressed in his funeral oration, and in naming a theatre and placing funerary statues of him (e.g., Marcellus as Hermes Logios). Though dying young and unproven, Marcellus' position led to his celebration by Sextus Propertius and by Virgil in the Aeneid.".