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CAEC2150 L. Caecilius (74) C. f. Q. n. Metellus

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Life Dates

• 68, death (Broughton MRR II)

Relationships

son of

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

Cic. Verr. II iii 43

brother of

? M. Caecilius (78) Metellus (pr. 69) (DPRR Team)

? C. Caecilius (71) Metellus (q.? before 82) (DPRR Team)

Q. Caecilius (87) C. f. Q. n. Metellus Creticus (cos. 69) (Badian 1990)

father of

L. Caecilius (75) L. f. Metellus (tr. pl. 49) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Verr. II iii 159

Career

• Monetalis c. 96 (RRC) Expand
  • Monetalis. In MRR 2.433, and Index 538, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.333- 336, no. 335, 96 B.C.? With C. Mall. and A. Alb. Too early a date for the consul of 68 B.C. (Broughton MRR III)
  • ref. 335 (RRC)
• Praetor 71 urbanus?, inter peregrinos?, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Probably, but not certainly, the Metellus, Praetor, mentioned in Cic. Tull. 39. See 70, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Cos. 68. Praetor urbanus or peregrinus 71 (B. W. Frier, TAPhA 113, 1983, 224-225, 229; cf. MRR 2.122). (Broughton MRR III)
  • p. 752, footnote 387 (Brennan 2000)
• Promagistrate 70 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Propraetor in Sicily, and successor to Verres (Cic. Verr. 1.27; 2.3.152; Liv. Per. 98; Oros. 6.3.5, all with the title Praetor). He improved the administration of the province, even while placing obstacles in the way of the prosecution of Verres (Cic. Verr. 1.27; 2.2.10 and 62ff., and 138-139 and 160-164 and 187; 2.3.43ff., and 121ff., and 144 and 152ff.; 2.4.141 and 147; 2.5.55 and 129; Ps.-Ascon. 185, 213f., 260 Stangl). He defended the island against pirates (Liv. Per. 98; Oros. 6.3.5). (Broughton MRR II)
• Consul 68 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • 1 A brother of Metellus Creticus, and son of C. Metellus Caprarius and grandson of Q. Metellus Macedonicus (Cic. Verr. 1.27; CIL 12.2.746). (Broughton MRR II)
  • CIL 12.2.905, 956; Dio 36.4.1; Chr. 354 (Metello et Vatia); Fast. Hyd. (Marcio Rege et Metello), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Marcius, CIL 12.2.747, and perhaps 660 (but see 118, Consuls). See Degrassi 131, 488f. Metellus died early in the year (Dio 36.4.1). Cilicia was withdrawn from the command of Lucullus and assigned to Marcius (Dio 36.2.2; cf. Suet. Iul. 8; see 67, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)

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