http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage_in_ancient_Rome#cite_note-15 |]]] Thus the Marcelli were patrons of the Sicilians , because Claudius Marcellus had conquered Syracuse and Sicily. [ 17 [[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage_in_ancient_Rome#cite_note-16 |]]] Extending rights or citizenship to municipalities or provincial families was one way to add to the number of one's clients for political purposes, as Pompeius Strabo did