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CAEC1701 C. Caecilius (84) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Caprarius

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Life Dates

• 157?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

  Develin p. 90.

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, Plut. Mor. 318, Val. Max. IV 1.12, Val. Max. VII 1.1, Vell. I 11.6f.

brother of

M. Caecilius (77) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus (cos. 115) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Vell. II 8.2

? Caecilia (130) Metella (daughter of Q. Caecilius (94) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143)) (DPRR Team)

? Caecilia (131) Metella (daughter of Q. Caecilius (94) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143)) (DPRR Team)

? Q. Caecilius (82) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Balearicus (cos. 123) (DPRR Team)

? L. Caecilius (93) Q. f. Q. n. Metellus Diadematus (cos. 117) (DPRR Team)

cousin of

Q. Caecilius (97) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Numidicus (cos. 109) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Vell. II 8.2

father of

L. Caecilius (74) C. f. Q. n. Metellus (cos. 68) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Verr. II iii 43

? C. Caecilius (71) Metellus (q.? before 82) (Zmeskal 2009)

? M. Caecilius (78) Metellus (pr. 69) (Zmeskal 2009)

? Q. Caecilius (87) C. f. Q. n. Metellus Creticus (cos. 69) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

• Monetalis 125 (RRC) Expand
  • ref. 269 (RRC)
• Praetor before 116 urbanus?, Rome? (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • A candidate for the consulship at the time of his father's death in early 115 (Vell. 1.11.7; cf. Cic. Fin. 5.82; Plin. NH 7.142; Plut. Fort. Rom. 4; cf. 115, Censors, and note 1), he must have held the praetorship not later than 117, and was defeated for the consulship of 114 (note Lucil. 210, and 1130 M, praetor ne rusticus fiat; and Cichorius, Untersuch. Lucil. 87ff., 277ff., who suggests that he was Pr. Urbanus). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Probably a candidate for the consulship of 114, and therefore Praetor at the latest in this year. (Broughton MRR I)
  • p. 727 (Brennan 2000)
• Repulsa (Cos.) c. 114 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Consul 113 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • CIL 1 .2.661, 662, 2504, cf. 2422; I. de Délos 4.1.1753- CIL 1(2).2.2504- ILS 9417; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. ([Cn. Papi]ri. C[- - - -]); Plin. NH 2.100; Tac. Germ. 37; Obseq. 38; Eutrop. 4.25.1; John Ant. in FHG 4.559; Chr. 354 (Caprario et Carpo); Fast. Hyd. (Metello et Carbone, so also Chr. Pasc.); Cassiod., with C. Papirius; and on Carbo, Lex Agr. of 111, CIL 1(2).2.585, line 89; Cic. Brut. 105. See Degrassi 127, 474f. Metellus was assigned the province of Macedonia and campaigned in Thrace (see Act. Tr. for 111). Carbo treacherously forced the Cimbri to battle near Noreia and suffered a disastrous defeat (Strabo 5.1.8; Liv. Per. 63; Vell. 2.12.2; plut. Mar. 16.5; App. Celt. 13, where they are confused with the Teutoni; cf. Diod. 34-35.37; Vell. 2.8.3; Tac. Germ. 37; Ps.-Quintil. Decl. 3.13; and see Cic. Fam. 9.21.3; and Apul. Apol. 66, on his trial and suspicious acquittal). See Lübker no. 2, on Papirius. (Broughton MRR I)
• Proconsul 112 Macedonia, Thracia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Proconsul in Macedonia and Thrace (Act. Tr. for 111). (Broughton MRR I)
• Proconsul 111 Macedonia, Thracia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Celebrated a triumph, as Proconsul, from Thrace (Act. Tr., Degrassi 84f., 561; Vell. 2.8.2; Eutrop. 4.25.1; cf. Elogium, CIL 1 .1, p. 200- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.73, with title imperator). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Cos. 113, Cens. 102. For the view that Caprarius, not Metellus Numidicus, was the one who rebuilt the temple of the Magna Mater (Ovid Fasti 4.347-348), and did so between his triumph in 111 and his censorship in 102, with booty won during his proconsulship in Macedonia and Thrace from the Scordisci, see M. G. Morgan, Klio 55, 1973, 235-245. (Broughton MRR III)
• Triumphator 111 (Rich 2014) Expand
  • Triumph ex Thraecia. MRR I.541, Itgenshorst no. 227, Rich no. 227. (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)

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