Caecilius Metellus (other)
Caecilius Metellus may refer to: * Gaius Caecilius Metellus, a Roman politician in the 80s BC * Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, Roman consul in 113 BC * Lucius Caecilius Metellus (other) * Marcus Caecilius Metellus (other) * Quintus Caecilius Metellus (other) See also * Caecilii Metelli The gens Caecilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the fifth century BC, but the first of the Caecilii who obtained the consulship was Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, in 284 BC.' ...

Gaius Caecilius Metellus
Gaius Metellus was a young Roman senator at the time of Sulla's proscriptions in the late 80s BC. Given that his ''cognomen'' is Metellus, his ''gens'' name is likely to have been Caecilius. Nothing about his identity can be established with certainty. Plutarch records what seems to have been a famous anecdote about Gaius Metellus as the one who prompted the Roman dictator to post the first proscription lists: Sulla now devoted himself to butchery, and the city was filled with murders without number or limit, with many people being killed out of private enmity, with whom Sulla had no concerns but permitted it as a favour to his supporters, until one of the young men, Gaius Metellus, ventured in the senate to ask Sulla what end there would be to these evils. … Sulla replied that he did not know yet whom he would spare, and Metellus answered, 'Then tell us whom you intend to punish'. Sulla said that he would do this.Plutarch, ''Life of Sulla'' 31; Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland ...
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Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius
Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius (born c. 160 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 113 BC with Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. He served under Scipio Aemilianus in Numantia around 133 BC. He was praetor in 117 BC. His proconsulship in Thrace in 112–111 BC earned him a triumph. He was censor in 102 BC with his cousin, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus. Family The Caecilii Metelli were an extremely prominent family in the late Roman Republic. They were conservative aristocrats, though members of the plebeian gens Caecilia. Caprarius was the youngest son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. Macedonicus was praetor in 148 BC and consul in 143 BC. He received the command in Macedonia, where he defeated a pretender to the throne named Andriscus. He received a triumph and the cognomen 'Macedonicus' for this victory. He was censor in 131 BC. Macedonicus was a conservative aristocrat and opposed Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus,Salazar, Christine F. Brill's New Pauly: En ...
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Lucius Caecilius Metellus (other)
Lucius Caecilius Metellus may refer to: * Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, consul in 284 BC * Lucius Caecilius Metellus (consul 251 BC) * Lucius Caecilius Metellus (tribune 213 BC) * Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus, consul in 142 BC * Lucius Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus, consul in 119 BC * Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus, consul in 117 BC * Lucius Caecilius Metellus (consul 68 BC) Lucius Caecilius Metellus was a Roman aristocrat. He was praetor in 71 BC. He succeeded Gaius Verres as governor of Sicily in 70 BC. He died in office as consul in 68 BC. His co-consul was Quintus Marcius Rex. Family The Caecilii Metelli wer ... (died 68 BC) * Lucius Caecilius Metellus (tribune 49 BC) {{hndis, Caecilius Metellus, Lucius ...
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Marcus Caecilius Metellus (other)
Marcus Caecilius Metellus may refer to: * Marcus Caecilius Metellus (praetor 206 BC) * Marcus Caecilius Metellus (consul 115 BC) Marcus Caecilius Metellus ( 127–111 BC) was a Roman senator and general. He belonged to the Caecilii Metelli, one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the mid to late Roman Republic. Marcus was the third of four sons of Quintus Caecil ...

Quintus Caecilius Metellus (other)
Quintus Caecilius Metellus may refer to: * Quintus Caecilius Metellus (consul 206 BC) * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 98 BC) * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 57 BC) * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio See also * Caecilius Metellus (other) Caecilius Metellus may refer to: * Gaius Caecilius Metellus, a Roman politician in the 80s BC * Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, Roman consul in 113 BC * Lucius Caecilius Metellus (other) * Marcus Caecilius Metellus (other) ...