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The Robe is a 1942 historical novel about the Crucifixion of Jesus, written by Lloyd C. Douglas.The book was one of the best-selling titles of the 1940s. It entered the New York Times Best Seller list in October 1942, four weeks later rose to No. 1, and held the position for nearly a year.
On the way to a slave auction, Marcellus Gallio, a Roman military tribune and senator's son, helps recapture Demetrius, a defiant Greek slave. At the auction site, Marcellus is reunited with Diana, his childhood love, who is now a ward of Emperor Tiberius and has been pledged in marriage to the regent Caligula. Marcellus has a longstanding feud ...
Marcellus and Augustus' general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa were the two popular choices as heir to the empire. According to Suetonius, this put Agrippa at odds with Marcellus, and is the reason why Agrippa traveled away from Rome to Mytilene in 23 BC. [1] That year, an illness was spreading in Rome which afflicted both Augustus and Marcellus.
Marcellus Gallio, character in the Lloyd C. Douglas novel The Robe; Marcellus Gomes (born 1961), Indian field hockey player; William Marcellus Goodrich (1777–1833), American organ builder; Marcellus Greene (born 1957), American football player; Marcellus Hall, American artist and musician; Marcellus Hartley (1827–1902), American arms dealer
Marcellus of Paris was born in Lutetia (now île de la Cité, Paris), located in Gallia Lugdunensis, Roman Gaul, within the Western Roman Empire. His dedication to virtue and prayer led to his recommendation to Prudentius, bishop of Paris, who ordained him as Reader. He was then promoted to priesthood and succeeded Prudentius after his death. [1]
Marcellus may refer to: Marcellus (name) Marcellus of Ancyra, fourth-century Christian bishop and theologian; Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman commander; Marcellus of Tangier; Marcellus Empiricus; Marcellus (nephew of Augustus) Marcellus (magister equitum) Marcellus (usurper) Marcellus (comes excubitorum) Marcellus (prefect of Judea)
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (/ m ɑːr ˈ s ɛ l ə s /; c. 270 – 208 BC) was a Roman general and politician during the 3rd century BC.Five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic (222, 215, 214, 210, and 208 BC).
The Robe (1942) by Lloyd C. Douglas was one of the best-selling novels of the 1940s and dramatizes the crucifixion of Jesus from the point of view of Marcellus Gallio, the Roman tribune who commands the garrison that carries out the crucifixion of Jesus. Marcellus winds up in custody of Jesus' robe and converts to Christianity because of his ...