Marcellinus was the author of a ''Life of Thucydides'', found in some of the ancient commentaries on the ''

History of the Peloponnesian War The ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an ...

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Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientifi ...

. Nothing else is known for certain about this Marcellinus, but he probably lived in about the 6th century AD, and compiled his biography from passages in early writers, adding his own observations. Because he lived so long after Thucydides, the statements of Marcellinus must be treated with caution unless they are supported by other evidence.There is a
online translation
of a ''Life of Thucydides'' by W.B. Allen; but this is a translation of a shorter, anonymous ''Life'', not the biography written by Marcellinus.

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*Greek text: H.S. Jones & J.E.Powell, ''Thucydidis Historiae'' (Oxford, 1942), Volume 1. {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcellinus (writer) Byzantine writers 6th-century Byzantine people Ancient Greek biographers Biographers of ancient people 6th-century Byzantine writers