CAEC0996 M. Caecilius (76) Metellus

Life Dates

  • 238?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

    Develin no. 72.

Relationships

son of
? L. Caecilius (72) L. f. C. n. Metellus (cos. 251) (Brennan 2000)
brother of
? Q. Caecilius (81) L. f. L. n. Metellus (cos. 206) (DPRR Team)
? L. Caecilius (73) Metellus (tr. pl. 213) (DPRR Team)
father of
? L. Caecilius (83) Q. f. L. n. Metellus Calvus (cos. 142) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Aedilis Plebis 208 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 27.36.9. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 206 urbanus, inter peregrinos, Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to protect the repopulated colonies of Cremona and Placentia (Liv. 28.11.11). (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 728, footnote 34 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 205 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to king Attalus of Pergamum to bring the Magna Mater from Pessinus (Liv. 29.10.4-11.8, and 14.5-14; Cic. Har. Resp. 26-28; Cael. 34; Sen. 45; Varro LL 6.15; Ovid Fast. 4.247-348; Strab. 12.5.3, 578 c; Plin. NH 7.120; Sil. It. 17.1-43; Suet. Tib. 2.3; App. Hann. 56; Dio fr. 57.61; Herodian 1.11; Lact. Inst. Div. 2.7.12; Auct. Vir. Ill. 46; Iulian. Or. 5, 159-161). On Laevinus and Falto, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 45, no. 34, and 48, no. 42, respectively. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 204 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Continued embassy to Attalus of Pergamum to bring the Magna Mater to Rome, which returned this year with the symbol of the goddess. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador)? 196 Macedonia, Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Ten Legati were appointed to assist Flamininus in arranging the peace with Philip and the settlement in Greece (Polyb. 18.42.5; Liv. 33.24.7, cf. 30.1, and 35.1-2). The following are known, and since Livy nowhere lists them in an official order, they are given in alphabetical order. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Eph. Arch. 1910, 374f.; and cf. Münzer, RE. He was honored by the Koinon of the Thessalians. (Broughton MRR I)