 Marcellinus may have been the individual of topic in the so-called "coniuratio Marcellana" in 457; this may have been a movement in Gaul after the death of Avitus in late 456/early 457 to put Marcellinus on the throne.Nothing; however, suggests that he himself favored the idea.There is controversy in the academic world though as to who is really the topic of the machinations of the Gallo-Romano Aristocracy after the death of Avitus who was of Gallic origin and from amongst their own ranks.