18. Onomast. Tullian.) Cassius sent him with a body of
troops to hold possession of Corduba, on occasion of the mutiny and revolt excited in Spain by
his own exactions. But Marcellus quickly joined the mutineers, though, whether voluntarily or
by compulsion, is not certain; and put himself at the head of all the troops assembled at
Corduba, whom he retained in their fidelity to Caesar, at the same time that he prepared to
resist Cassius by force of arms. But though the two leaders, with their armies, were for some
time opposed to one another, Marcellus avoided coming to a general engagement; and on the
arrival soon after of the proconsul, M. Lepidus, he hastened to submit to his authority, and
place the legions under his command at his disposal. By the questionable part he had acted on
this occasion Marcellus at first incurred the resentment of Caesar, but was afterwards
restored to favour. (Hirt. B. Alex. 57-64;