Plut. Marc. 30.6

Life of Marcellus 30.6

Author
Plutarch
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin

Life of Marcellus

30.6

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

6And his line maintained its splendour down to Marcellus the nephew of Augustus Caesar, who was a son of Caesar’s sister Octavia by Caius Marcellus, and who died during his aedileship at Rome, having recently married a daughter of Caesar. In his honour and to his memory Octavia his mother dedicated the library, and Caesar the theatre, which bear his name.