Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CAEC1544 L. Caecilius (83) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus

Relationships

son of
? M. Caecilius (76) Metellus (pr. 206) (Zmeskal 2009)
? Q. Caecilius (81) L. f. L. n. Metellus (cos. 206) (Badian 1990)
brother of
Q. Caecilius (94) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Font. 23, Val. Max. VIII 5.1

father of
? L. Caecilius (91) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Delmaticus (cos. 119) (Zmeskal 2009)
? Caecilia (132) Metella (daughter of? L. Caecilius (83) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus (cos. 142)) (Zmeskal 2009)
Q. Caecilius (97) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Numidicus (cos. 109) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Sest. 101

Career

  • Praetor before 144 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible date for their praetorships. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 737 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 142 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Either this Metellus or the Consul of 117 is the Proconsul who is named on boundary stones between Ateste and Patavium (CIL 1(2).2.633, 634). Metellus is also probably the Consul Lucius who is named in I Maccabees (15.16) in a letter to Ptolemy VII in favor of the Jews. See R. H. Pfeiffer, History of New Testament Times 488; Bickermann, Gnomon 6 (1930) 358f. The older dating in 139 (see Bickermann, RE s. v. "Makkabäerbücher" 785f., with references to earlier literature) is refuted by the discovery from Liv. Oxy. Per. 54 and Fast. Ant., Degrassi 160f., that the Consul of that year was Cn. Piso. The embassy was probably dispatched at the beginning of Simon's rule and reported in the wrong order in I Maccab. Willrich (Urkundenfälschung 58-69) and Oesterley and Robinson (History of Israel 2.266) do not regard the document as authentic. See the bibliographies in Josephus AJ Vol. 7, pp. 770-777 (Loeb Classical Library). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cic. Att. 12.5b; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 52f., 125, 466f. (L. Caecil[ius Q. f. L. n. Metellus Ca]lvus, Q. Fabius Q. [f. Q. n. Maximus Se]rvilianus); Fast. Ant., ib. 160f. ([L. Cae]cili. Mete[l.], [- - - -] Se[- - - -]); Obseq. 22; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 5.4.8; Cassiod.; and on Metellus, Val. Max. 8.5.1; SIG 681- I. de Délos 4.1.1604. Servilianus succeeded to the command in Farther Spain (Liv. Oxy. Per. 53). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 142. See MRR 1.474. A phrase in Livy Oxy. Per. 53, 142 B.C., line 167: M]etellus cos. a Lusitanis vex[atus est, has led several, including Simon (Kriege 80-82), although Metellus is not otherwise attested in Hisp. Ult., to consider him governor there in 142, succeeded in 141 by his colleague Fabius Maximus Servilianus (115). Astin cites the difficulties this raises (Historia 13, 1964, 249-254), and suggests the emendation procos., thus applying the reference to Metellus Macedonicus in Hisp. Cit. (MRR 2.475). In fact, Metellus Calvus may have been active in northeastern Italy at that time as the builder of the Via Caecilia (ILS 5799, 5810?ILLRP 465, 459), but Metellus Diadematus (93). Cos. 117, seems to be a more probable choice. (Broughton MRR III)
    • L. Caecilius Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Diadematus (93), Cos. 117, or L. Caecilius L. f. Q. n. Metellus Delmaticus (91), Cos. 119. An issue of coins, uninscribed but with an elephant's head on the reverse, referring to the victory of L. Caecilius Metellus (72), Cos. 251, in 250 over the Carthaginians at Panormus, may be attributed to one or other of the above (see Crawford, RRC 1.287, no. 262, 128 B.C.). The stones marking the boundary between Patavium and Ateste (CIL 1(2).633, 634, 2501; cf. ILLRP 476) may be attributed to either Metellus Diadematus, above, or to L. Caecilius Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus (83). Cos. 142.[38] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 141 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • CIL 1 .2.633, 634, 2501. See 142, note 1; and 116, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 142. See MRR 1.474. A phrase in Livy Oxy. Per. 53, 142 B.C., line 167: M]etellus cos. a Lusitanis vex[atus est, has led several, including Simon (Kriege 80-82), although Metellus is not otherwise attested in Hisp. Ult., to consider him governor there in 142, succeeded in 141 by his colleague Fabius Maximus Servilianus (115). Astin cites the difficulties this raises (Historia 13, 1964, 249-254), and suggests the emendation procos., thus applying the reference to Metellus Macedonicus in Hisp. Cit. (MRR 2.475). In fact, Metellus Calvus may have been active in northeastern Italy at that time as the builder of the Via Caecilia (ILS 5799, 5810?ILLRP 465, 459), but Metellus Diadematus (93). Cos. 117, seems to be a more probable choice. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 140 Aegyptus, Rhodes, Asia, Syria, (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent, apparently with general instructions, to observe conditions among the eastern Allies, particularly Egypt, Rhodes, Pergamum, Syria (Diod. 33.18.1-4; Strab. 14.5.2 [669c]; Iustin. 38.8.8-11; Lucian. Macrob. 12; cf. Polyb. fr. inc. 76 BW; Lucil. 14.464-466 M; Cic. Rep. 3.48; 6.11; Acad. 2.5; Val. Max. 4.3.13; Plut. Apophth. Scip. Min. 13; Cum Princ. Phil. 1.12; Athen. 6.273a; 12.549d; 14.657f.; Auct. Vir. Ill. 58.7). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 139 Aegyptus, Rhodes, Asia, Syria, (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 136 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent by the Senate to restrain Lepidus Porcina from attacking the Vaccaei (App. Ib. 81). (Broughton MRR I)

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