Marcellus, Victorius
was the pereon to whom Quintilian dedicated his work, De Institutione Oratorie. He was apparently a man of rank and learning. A son of Marcellus was educated by Quintilian. (Quint. Ep. cd Tryph., lnst. i. proem. iii. proem. vi. proemt. xii. fine.) See Dodwell, Ann. Quintil. § 27. Statius inscribed the third book of his Silvae to Marcellts.
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