praetor of Bithynia, in the reilg of Tiberius, was accused, in A. D. 15, by his own
quaestor, Caep10 Crispinus, and by the notorious delator, Hispo Romanus, of treason and
extortion in his provincial government. Marcellus was acquitted of treason, but convicted and
fined for extortion. Tacitus marks this trial as one of the earliest of those frivolous yet
fatal accusations which multiplied with the years and vices of Tiberius. (