Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CAEC1635 Q. Caecilius (82) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Balearicus

Relationships

son of
Q. Caecilius (94) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Cornel. 63C, Auct. vir. ill. 61.6, Cic. Brut. 213, Cic. Brut. 81, Cic. de orat. II 267, Cic. fin. V 82, Cic. Phil. VIII 14, Cic. Tusc. I 85, Flor. I 43.1, Frontin. strat. IV 1.11, Plin. n.h. VII 142, Plin. n.h. VII 144, Plin. n.h. VII 59, Plut. Mor. 318, Val. Max. IV 1.12, Val. Max. VII 1.1, Vell. I 11.6f.

brother of
? Caecilia (130) Metella (daughter of Q. Caecilius (94) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143)) (DPRR Team)
? M. Caecilius (77) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus (cos. 115) (DPRR Team)
? L. Caecilius (93) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Diadematus (cos. 117) (DPRR Team)
? C. Caecilius (84) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Caprarius (cos. 113) (DPRR Team)
? Caecilia (131) Metella (daughter of Q. Caecilius (94) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143)) (DPRR Team)
father of
Q. Caecilius (95) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Nepos (cos. 98) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Cornel. 63C, Cic. S. Rosc. 147

Caecilia (135) Metella (daughter of Q. Caecilius (82) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Balearicus (cos. 123)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. div. I 4, Cic. div. I 99, Cic. S. Rosc. 147

grandfather of
? Q. Caecilius (96) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Nepos 'Pamphilus' (cos. 57) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Officer (Title Not Preserved) 143 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 123. He probably had served under Metellus Macedonicus, his father, in Hisp. Cit. in 143-142 (Frontin. Str. 4.1.11). Cos. 123, Procos. 122-121. On the piracy in the Balearic Islands, their conquest and the settlements in Palma and Pollentia, see M. G. Morgan, CSCA 2, 1969, 217-231. See further Q. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus Macedonicus (94). Cos. 143, Addendum.[36x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Officer (Title Not Preserved) 142 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 123. He probably had served under Metellus Macedonicus, his father, in Hisp. Cit. in 143-142 (Frontin. Str. 4.1.11). Cos. 123, Procos. 122-121. On the piracy in the Balearic Islands, their conquest and the settlements in Palma and Pollentia, see M. G. Morgan, CSCA 2, 1969, 217-231. See further Q. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus Macedonicus (94). Cos. 143, Addendum.[36x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Aedilis Curulis? before 128 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 123. He probably had served under Metellus Macedonicus, his father, in Hisp. Cit. in 143-142 (Frontin. Str. 4.1.11). Cos. 123, Procos. 122-121. On the piracy in the Balearic Islands, their conquest and the settlements in Palma and Pollentia, see M. G. Morgan, CSCA 2, 1969, 217-231. See further Q. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus Macedonicus (94). Cos. 143, Addendum.[36x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • Addendum. This volume was already in proof when the article by P. Garnsey and D. Rathbone, "The Background of the Grain Law of Gaius Gracchus" (JRS 75, 1985, 20-25), became available to me. On the basis of the names and the probable dates of the Strategoi of the Koinon of Thessaly, found in decrees inscribed without paragraphing by the same hand on the same stone as the grain inscription, the authors suggest ca. 135- 129 as the date. The only Q. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus available at that time is Balearicus (82), Cos. 123, who, if he was an aedile, must have held that office by 129. All three of the Metelli considered, Macedonicus, Balearicus, and Q. Caecilius Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98, probably held an aedileship, but it is not otherwise attested for any of them. See also E. S. Gruen, The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome, I, 164-165, note 44, who favors Balearicus. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor before 125 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible dates for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. On Flamininus, see Strabo 6.2.11; cf. Plin. NH 2.203; Obseq. 29. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 739 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 123 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The filiation of Metellus is given by Act. Tr. for 121; but in the case of Flamininus, T. f. depends on CIL 1(2).2.655-657, which are best referred to the age of the Gracchi on the basis both of the forms of the letters and the known road building of the time. T. n., though probable, is not attested. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cic. Dom. 136; Brut. 81, 259; Fast. Min. in CIL 1 .1, p. 60- ILS 9338; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. (T. Qu[- - - -]); Eutrop. 4.21; Chr. 354 (Metello et Appelate); Fast. Hyd. (Metello et Flaminino), so also Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 5.12.1 (L. Caelio Metello, Q. Titio Flaminino); Cassiod.; on Metellus, Cic. Fin. 5.82; Val. Max. 7.1.1; Vell. 1.11.7; Plin. NH 7.142; Plut. Fort. Rom. 4, 318c; and on Flamininus, CIL 1(2).2.655-657.{513} See Degrassi 126, 472f. Metellus received command against the piratical inhabitants of the Balearic islands (Liv. Per. 60; Strabo 3.5.1; Flor. 1.43; Oros. 5.13.1). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 123. He probably had served under Metellus Macedonicus, his father, in Hisp. Cit. in 143-142 (Frontin. Str. 4.1.11). Cos. 123, Procos. 122-121. On the piracy in the Balearic Islands, their conquest and the settlements in Palma and Pollentia, see M. G. Morgan, CSCA 2, 1969, 217-231. See further Q. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus Macedonicus (94). Cos. 143, Addendum.[36x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 122 Balearic islands, Hispania (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Proconsul (Act. Tr. for 121). Continued his reduction and settlement of the Balearic islands (Liv. Per. 60; Strabo 3.5.1; Flor. 1.43; Oros. 5.13.1). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 123. He probably had served under Metellus Macedonicus, his father, in Hisp. Cit. in 143-142 (Frontin. Str. 4.1.11). Cos. 123, Procos. 122-121. On the piracy in the Balearic Islands, their conquest and the settlements in Palma and Pollentia, see M. G. Morgan, CSCA 2, 1969, 217-231. See further Q. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus Macedonicus (94). Cos. 143, Addendum.[36x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 121 Balearic islands, Hispania (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Celebrated as Proconsul his triumph over the Baliares (Cic. Fin. 5.82; Act. Tr., Degrassi 82f., 560; Val. Max. 7.1.1; Plin. NH 7.142; Auct. Vir. Ill. 61.6).{522} (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 123. He probably had served under Metellus Macedonicus, his father, in Hisp. Cit. in 143-142 (Frontin. Str. 4.1.11). Cos. 123, Procos. 122-121. On the piracy in the Balearic Islands, their conquest and the settlements in Palma and Pollentia, see M. G. Morgan, CSCA 2, 1969, 217-231. See further Q. Caecilius Q. f. Metellus Macedonicus (94). Cos. 143, Addendum.[36x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Triumphator 121 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Baliaribus. MRR I.521, Itgenshorst no. 220, Rich no. 220. (Rich 2014)
  • Censor 120 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. (Q. Caecili. Metel.); Cic. Fin. 5.82; Val. Max. 7.1.1; 8.5.1, on Metellus; Vell. 1.11.7; Plin. NH 7.142. See Degrassi 126, 472f. Piso received the cognomen Censorius (Dion. Hal. 2.38.3, and 39.1; Plin. NH 13.87; Censorin. DN 17.11), and must be dated to this censorship since the Censors of all other possible years, including 108, are known. P. Cornelius Lentulus was probably reappointed Princeps Senatus, but popular hatred at his actions against C. Gracchus led him to depart to Sicily (see 125, Censors; Val. Max. 5.3.2). (Broughton MRR I)
    • No other Princeps Senatus is known between Lentulus and Scaurus, the Consul of 115. (Broughton MRR I)

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