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CAEC1693 Q. Caecilius (97) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Numidicus

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Post Red. Quir. 4.9, Sall. Jug. 64.1, 73.4, Vell. 2.11.2, Flor. Epit. 2.16.3 (& cf Suet. Gram. 3.2), [Quintil.]. Decl. Maiores 3.14, Auct. Vir. Ill. 73.7-8, Schol. Bob. Arch. 176 Stangl

Life Dates

  • 152?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R91.

  • 100, exiled (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly No. 22.

  • 100, expelled from Senate (Alexander 1990) Expand

    Alexander TLRR no. 77 (expelled for refusing to vow to uphold lex Appuleia).

  • 98, restored (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly No. 22.

Relationships

son of
L. Caecilius (83) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus (cos. 142) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Sest. 101

brother of
L. Caecilius (91) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Delmaticus (cos. 119) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Sest. 101

Caecilia (132) Metella (daughter of? L. Caecilius (83) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus (cos. 142)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. p. red. ad Quir. 6

cousin of
C. Caecilius (84) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Caprarius (cos. 113) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Vell. II 8.2

father of
Q. Caecilius (98) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Pius (cos. 80) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Vell. II 15.3

Career

  • Monetalis? 130 (RRC) Expand
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 256 (RRC)
  • Monetalis? 117 (RRC) Expand
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 284 (RRC)
  • Monetalis? 116 (RRC) Expand
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 284 (RRC)
  • Augur? after 116 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus succeeded Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. Grueber, CRRBM 2.537f., and 572. See L. R. Taylor, AJA 48 (1944) 352-356. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 111 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest date possible under the Lex Villia. When he was accused of extortion in some province, the jurymen showed their respect by refusing to examine his accounts (references above). The report of his reception upon returning home from Numidia in 107 (Sall. Iug. 88.1) favors an earlier date for the incident, either after his praetorship or an immediately following proconsulship. His province was not necessarily Sicily or a grain province (see RE, and D.- G.), since frumentum in cellam (Cic. Verr. 2.3.209) might be levied to maintain an administrative staff in any province. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cic. Verr. 2.3.209; Balb. 11; Att. 1.16.4; Val. Max. 2.10.1. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 745, footnote 225 (Brennan 2000)
  • Promagistrate before 110 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See 112, Praetors, and note 3. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Consul 109 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Corn., in Ascon. 68, and 80 C; Brut. 135; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. (Q. Caecili. M[e]tel., M. [- - - -]); Sall. Iug. 43.1; Liv. Per. 65; Eutrop. 4.27; Chr. 354 (Megello et Silano); Fast. Hyd. (Metello Numidico et Silano), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Metellus, Plut. Mar. 7.1; and on Silanus, Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f. ([- - - -Sil]anus), 127, 474f.; Vell. 2.12.1; Flor. 1.38.1-4; Ps.-Quintil. Decl. 3.13. Metellus, although delayed by the necessity of restoring discipline to the army of his predecessor Albinus, invaded Numidia, was victorious at the Muthul river, and attacked Zama, but at the end of the year came the loss and recapture of Vaga (Sall. Iug. 43-72; 77.3; Liv. Per. 65; Vell. 2.11.2; Val. Max. 2.7.2; 9.1.5; Frontin. Str. 1.8.8; 4.1.2; Plut. Mar. 7.1; Flor. 1.36.11; Dio 26, fr. 98.1; Eutrop. 4.27.1-2; Veget. RM 3.10; Oros. 5.15.7; Cassiod. Var. 9.25.10 in Asia !). Silanus abrogated a number of laws which reduced military service (Ascon. 68 C), and suffered in Gaul a serious defeat at the hands of the Cimbri, either in 109 or 108, for which he was tried and acquitted in 104 (Cic. Corn. in Ascon. 68, and 80 C; Liv. Per. 65; Vell. 2.12.2; Flor. 1.38.4; cf. Diod. 34-35.37; Eutrop. 4.27.5; Ps.-Quintil. Decl. 3.13; and on the trial, Cic. Div. in Caec. 67; Verr. 2.2.118). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Proconsul 108 Numidia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Continued in charge of the war in Numidia (Sall. Iug. 62.10). He captured the stronghold of Thala, and advanced westward to Cirta to meet the forces of Jugurtha and his new ally, Bocchus of Mauretania (Sall. Iug. 70-83; Liv. Per. 65; Strab. 17.3.12, 831c; Vell. 2.11.2, and 39.2; Flor. 1.36.11-12; Eutrop. 4.27.3; Iul. Exuper. 1, p. 1 Burs.; Oros. 5.15.7). On his relations with Marius, see Legates. (Broughton MRR I)
    • I follow here the division of campaigns proposed in CAH 9.124. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 107 Numidia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Continued in command in Numidia until Marius came, but returned without meeting him (Sall. Iug. 83.2-3; 86.5; 88.1; Plut. Mar. 10.1; see Tribunes of the Plebs, on Mancinus).{552} (Broughton MRR I)
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 106 Numidia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Celebrated a triumph over the Numidians and King Jugurtha (Act. Tr., Degrassi 84f., 561; Vell. 2.11.2; Gell. 12.9.4; Eutrop. 4.27.6; Auct. Vir. Ill. 62.1; Schol. Bob. 176 Stangl; cf. Sall. Iug. 88.1), and assumed the cognomen Numidicus (Act. Tr.; Cic. Brut. 135; Att. 1.16.4, and many other passages; Vell. 2.11.2, and 15.3-4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 62.1). See 108, Tribunes of the Plebs, on Mancinus. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Monetalis. See MRR 2.433, 539, with Cn. Fulvius and M. Calidius. Crawford's dating to 117 or 116 (RRC 1.300, no. 284) makes him a more probable candidate than Metellus Nepos (95), Cos. 98. Praetor by 112, and promag. afterwards. See MRR 1.538, 539, note 3, 541 and 551. Against note 3, Badian would date the trial for res repetundae after his consular command in Africa in 107 or 106 for the reason that no praetorius could so command the juror's respect, but Cicero's reference to equestrian jurymen (Balb. 11; cf. Val. Max. 2.10.1; Badian, Rom. Imp. 103, note 19) favors a time before the Lex Servilia Caepionis in 106, and preferably before his consulship. Otherwise it might possibly be dated to the short interval between his triumph in 106 and the passage of the law. See also Gruen, RPCC 132-133. Proconsul 108-106. See MRR 1.549, 551, 554. Degrassi takes milites Africa[ni] Caecilianis (ILS 2489-ILLRP 146) to be Metellus' soldiers in the Jugurthine war who had returned with him and received allotments of land near Alba Fucens. See E. V. Marmorale (GIF 19, 1966, 183-184), who interprets Caecilianis, not as referring to the place of origin of the soldiers as Mommsen and Degrassi did, but as a nominative plural describing them as soldiers of Metellus Numidicus; cf. J. M. Reynolds, JRS 61, 1971, 140. E. Gabba accepts the form as a nominative plural, but suggests that the soldiers may have served under the son of Numidicus, Metellus Pius (98), in Africa or Spain (Revista de la Universidad Complutense 28, 1979 [19841, no. 118, 61-62).[40x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Triumphator 106 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Numideis et rege Iugurtha. MRR I.554, Itgenshorst no. 230, Rich no. 230. (Rich 2014)
  • Censor 102 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. P. Red. ad Quir. 6; Dom. 87; Vell. 2.8.2; see Degrassi 128, 476f. Numidicus attempted to expel Saturninus and Glaucia from the Senate (Cic. Sest. 101; App. BC 1.28), and deprived a certain Furius of his horse (Dio 28, fr. 95.2). The personal attack upon him by the supporters of Saturninus may have occurred either in 102 or 101 if it was occasioned by his refusal to admit the false Gracchus among the knights (Elogium, CIL 1 .1, p. 196- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.16b; Cic. Sest. 101; Val. Max. 9.7.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 62.1; see 103, Tribunes of the Plebs, on Saturninus). They reappointed M. Aemilius Scaurus Princeps Senatus (Cic. Rab. Perd. 21). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 100 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)

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