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CAEC1665 L. Caecilius (93) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Diadematus

Relationships

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

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, 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)
? C. Caecilius (84) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Caprarius (cos. 113) (DPRR Team)
? M. Caecilius (77) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus (cos. 115) (DPRR Team)
? Q. Caecilius (82) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Balearicus (cos. 123) (DPRR Team)
? Caecilia (131) Metella (daughter of Q. Caecilius (94) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143)) (DPRR Team)
father of
? Q. Caecilius (85) L.? f. Metellus Celer (aed.? c. 88) (Zmeskal 2009)
adoptive grandfather
Q. Caecilius (86) Q. f. Q. or L.? n. Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (Badian 1990)

Career

  • 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 119 Illyria? (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible date for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. Scaevola stopped at Athens and Rhodes (Cic. Fin. 1.8-9- Lucil. 2.91ff. M; De Or. 1.75), and returned from Asia in 119 to defend himself successfully against a charge of extortion (Lucil. 2.55-95 M; cf. Cic.{524} De Or. 1.72; 2.281; 3.171; Or. 149; Brut. 102; Fin. 1.8ff.; Pers. 1.115; Iuven. 1.154). Septimuleius' request for a prefectship in Asia indicates that Scaevola was governor there after Gracchus' death in 121. See Marx on Lucil. ad locc.; Cichorius, Untersuch. Lucil. 88f., 237-251. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 742, footnote 164 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 119 Illyria (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • 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)
  • Consul 117 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • CIL 1 .2.584; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. ([- - - -] Metel., Q. [- - - -]); Obseq. 36; Eutrop. 4.23.2; Chr. 354 (Diademmo et Scevola); Fast. Hyd. (Metello Diademeo et Sinerebula); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; and on Metellus, CIL 1(2).2.661; and 6.31603- ILS 5799; Cic. Fin. 5.82; Vell. 1.11.7; Val. Max. 7.1.1; Plin. NH 7.142; Plut. Fort. Rom. 4; and also SIG(3) 681- I. de Délos 4.1.1604b, but cf. 142 B.C. See Degrassi 127, 472f. Metellus was probably the builder of the Via Caecilia (CIL 1(2).2.661; 6.31603- ILS 5799). (Broughton MRR I)
    • 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? 116 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • He may be the Proconsul in Gaul who marked the boundaries between Patavium and Ateste (CIL 1 .2.633, 634, 2501; see 141, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 115 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Metellus the Censor of 115 has regularly been identified with the more prominent Delmaticus rather than the less prominent Diadematus (Münzer, RE no. 91; Passerini, Athenaeum 12 [1934] 16; and most recently, Cram, HSCPh 51 [1940] 97), though Mommsen once suggested Diadematus (Eph.{533} Epig. 2.205), but the reading of Fast. Ant. (above) favors the latter since the filiation of Delmaticus was L. f. Q. n. This identification has been accepted by Lommatzsch in the index to CIL 1(2).2, p. 793, and recently by Degrassi (165f.). The objection that his father, Macedonicus, saw only one Censor among his sons (Cic. Fin. 5.82; Vell. 1.11.7; Val. Max. 7.1.1; Plin. NH 7.142) is met if we suppose that Macedonicus died early in 115 before the election of the Censors. We know that they were in office before September 21 (Lex Agr. of 111, line 21). Moreover, though Cicero at one time refers to Diadematus as consularis and to Caprarius (Cens. 102) as censorius (P. Red. ad Quir. 32), at another he refers to both as consulares (P. Red. in Sen. 37). The fact that Cicero does not refer to Diadematus as censorius does not exclude him. See Degrassi 165f., 474f. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Lex. Agr. of 111, CIL 1 .2.585, lines 28, 85-89; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. ([L.] Caecili. Q. f. n. Mete., Cn. D[omiti.- - - -]); Cic. Verr. 2.1.143; Val. Max. 2.9.9). See Degrassi 127, 474f. They removed 32 persons from the Senate, including Licinius Geta, Cos. 116, and Marius' friend Cassius Subaco (Cic. Cluent. 119, and 121; Liv. Per. 62,{532} and 63; Val. Max. 2.9.9; Plut. Mar. 5.3-4), and banished the ars ludicra from the city with the exceptions of the Latin tibicen and singer and the ludus talarius (Cassiod. Chr.). They chose M. Aemilius Scaurus 2 Princeps Senatus (Sall. Iug. 25.4; Plin. NH 8.223). (Broughton MRR I)
    • As Scaurus was Princeps Senatus in 112 (Sall. Iug. 25.4), he must have been appointed by the Censors of 115, although, as Mommsen pointed out (Str. 3.970), there had not been a certain example of a Princeps Senatus who was not a patrician Censor or ex-Censor (see however 125, Censors, on P. Cornelius Lentulus). It seems probable that no patrician ex-Censors remained alive in 115. The latest reference to one is that to Servilius Caepio in 125 (see 125, Censors), the date of whose death remains unknown (see Cic. Att. 12.20.2; and 105, Quaestors). Scaurus was repeatedly reappointed and his position is often mentioned (Cic. Rab. Perd. 21; Scaur. 1.46; De Or. 2.197; Val. Max. 4.4.11; 8.5.2; Ascon. 18, and 22 C; Plin. NH 36.116). (Broughton MRR I)

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