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Marcellus Mucius

Marcel, Marcelle Mutu, Marchel

A Roman warrior who was present at the peace talks between Arthur’s and Lucius’s men. He was enraged when Gawain killed his friend Gaius Quintillianus, and tried to exact revenge for the deed, but he was also killed by Gawain.

Thomas of Castelford says he was Lucius’s nephew. The Alliterative Morte Arthure calls him Feltemour.


Sources
Historia Regum Britanniae | Geoffrey of Monmouth, c. 1138
Roman de Brut | Wace, c. 1155
Brut | Layamon, late 12th century to mid-13th century
Vulgate Merlin | 1220-1235
Thomas Castleford’s Chronicle | Thomas Bek of Castleford, 1327