Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CAEC1649 L. Caecilius (91) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Delmaticus

Life Dates

  • 161?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 103, death (Broughton MRR I) Expand

    Broughton gives his pontifical dates as before 114-103 (p. 564)

Relationships

son of
? L. Caecilius (83) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus (cos. 142) (Badian 1990)
brother of
? Caecilia (132) Metella (daughter of? L. Caecilius (83) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus (cos. 142)) (DPRR Team)
Q. Caecilius (97) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Numidicus (cos. 109) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Sest. 101

father of
Caecilia (134) Metella (daughter of L. Caecilius (91) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Delmaticus (cos. 119)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Scaur. 48...

grandfather of
M. Aemilius (141) M. f. M. n. Scaurus (pr. 56) (RE)

Career

  • Pontifex Maximus? 130 to 115 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Pontifex Maximus before December, 114, when he presided at the first trial of the Vestal Virgins (see Vestal Virgins; Ascon. 45-46 C). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Pontifex? 130 to after 114 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Q. Mucius Scaevola succeeded P. Mucius Scaevola as pontifex. L. Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus succeeded P. Mucius Scaevola as pontifex maximus. See 114, and 89, Pontifices. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Asconius (27 C) identifies the Pontifex Maximus as the maternal grandfather of Cicero's client, M. Aemilius Scaurus. This Metellus rebuilt the temple of Castor from his Dalmatian booty (Cic. Scaur. 46; Ascon. 28 C), and is identified as Delmaticus by Ps.-Ascon. (254 Stangl). The date of the death of Scaevola and the succession of Metellus remains uncertain. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Monetalis? 128 (RRC) Expand
    • 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)
    • ref. 262 (RRC)
  • Praetor before 121 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest date possible for their praetorships under the Lex Villia (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 739 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 119 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. (L. Caecili. Met[el.], L. Au[reli. Cotta]); Obseq. 34; Chr. 354 (Metello et Cotta), so also Fast. Hyd., and Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Cotta, Plut. Mar. 4.2; on Metellus, App. Illyr. 11; and on his filiation, Act. Tr. for 117. See Degrassi 127, 472f. The Consuls opposed Marius' law (see Tribunes of the Plebs), and were threatened with imprisonment when they had the Senate summon him before it (Plut. Mar. 4.2-3). Metellus, perhaps with the aid of his colleague, campaigned against the Illyrian Segestani and the Dalmatians (App. Illyr. 10-11; Liv. Per. 62; Eutrop. 4.23.2). (Broughton MRR I)
    • See MRR 1.525, 527, 529. Analysis of the confused notices in Appian Illyr. 10 and 11, and Eutropius 4.20, with consideration of the special geographical difficulties of campaigning in Dalmatia and Illyricum, leads M. G. Morgan to propose as probable solutions: (1) that Metellus Delmaticus campaigned only against the Delmatae, making Salona his base, and only in 119 and 118, and might have celebrated his triumph in 118 instead of 117, then proceeding to restore the temple of Castor and Pollux de manubiis; and (2) that the expedition of the consul of 119, L. Aurelius Cotta, and a Metellus against the Segestani involved only the one consul and a different Metellus, the praetorius Diadematus, as his legatus (Athenaeum 49, 1971, 271-301, esp. 289-294). In MRR 1.525, refer the Delmatae to Metellus and the Segestani to Cotta; in 1.526, insert Metellus Diadematus as legatus or pro praetore, with references to App. Illyr. 10; and in 1.527 and 529 give 118 or 117 as possible dates for the triumph of Delmaticus. (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 118 Dalmatia, Illyricum (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Continued as Proconsul his campaigns against the Dalmatians (see 117, Promagistrates).{528} (Broughton MRR I)
    • See MRR 1.525, 527, 529. Analysis of the confused notices in Appian Illyr. 10 and 11, and Eutropius 4.20, with consideration of the special geographical difficulties of campaigning in Dalmatia and Illyricum, leads M. G. Morgan to propose as probable solutions: (1) that Metellus Delmaticus campaigned only against the Delmatae, making Salona his base, and only in 119 and 118, and might have celebrated his triumph in 118 instead of 117, then proceeding to restore the temple of Castor and Pollux de manubiis; and (2) that the expedition of the consul of 119, L. Aurelius Cotta, and a Metellus against the Segestani involved only the one consul and a different Metellus, the praetorius Diadematus, as his legatus (Athenaeum 49, 1971, 271-301, esp. 289-294). In MRR 1.525, refer the Delmatae to Metellus and the Segestani to Cotta; in 1.526, insert Metellus Diadematus as legatus or pro praetore, with references to App. Illyr. 10; and in 1.527 and 529 give 118 or 117 as possible dates for the triumph of Delmaticus. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul? 117 Dalmatia, Illyricum (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Celebrated as Proconsul a triumph de triumph de Delmateis (Act. Tr., Degrassi 82f., 560; Liv. Per. 62; App. Illyr. 11; Eutrop. 4.23.2), and used the booty to repair the temple of Castor and Pollux (Cic. Scaur. 46; Verr. 2.1.154; Ascon. 28 C; Ps.-Ascon. 254 Stangl). (Broughton MRR I)
    • See MRR 1.525, 527, 529. Analysis of the confused notices in Appian Illyr. 10 and 11, and Eutropius 4.20, with consideration of the special geographical difficulties of campaigning in Dalmatia and Illyricum, leads M. G. Morgan to propose as probable solutions: (1) that Metellus Delmaticus campaigned only against the Delmatae, making Salona his base, and only in 119 and 118, and might have celebrated his triumph in 118 instead of 117, then proceeding to restore the temple of Castor and Pollux de manubiis; and (2) that the expedition of the consul of 119, L. Aurelius Cotta, and a Metellus against the Segestani involved only the one consul and a different Metellus, the praetorius Diadematus, as his legatus (Athenaeum 49, 1971, 271-301, esp. 289-294). In MRR 1.525, refer the Delmatae to Metellus and the Segestani to Cotta; in 1.526, insert Metellus Diadematus as legatus or pro praetore, with references to App. Illyr. 10; and in 1.527 and 529 give 118 or 117 as possible dates for the triumph of Delmaticus. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Triumphator 117 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Delmateis. MRR I.529, III.38, Itgenshorst no. 223 (118/117), Rich no. 223 (117). (Rich 2014)
  • Pontifex Maximus after 115 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Pontifex Maximus before December, 114, when he presided at the first trial of the Vestal Virgins (see Vestal Virgins; Ascon. 45-46 C). (Broughton MRR I)

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