Marcellus had resigned from command of the …
Years: 210BCE - 210BCE
Marcellus had resigned from command of the Sicilian province at the end of 211 BCE, thereby putting the praetor of the region, M. Cornelius, in charge.
Upon his return to Rome, Marcellus had not received the triumphal honors that would be expected for such a feat, as his political enemies objected that he had not fully eradicated the threats in Sicily.
Akragas, which has suffered badly during the two Punic Wars, with both Rome and Carthage fighting to control it, eventually falls in 210 to the Romans, who rename it Agrigentum, although it will remain a largely Greek-speaking community for centuries hereafter.
