Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 98
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos may refer to: * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 98 BC) * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 57 BC) See also * 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 * Q ...

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 98 BC)
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (c. 135 BC – 55 BC) was a senator and consul. Metellus Nepos was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus. He served as praetor some time before the year 100 BC and possibly as aedile . He was elected consul in 98 BC with Titus Didius as his colleague. During his consulship, he brought legislation, the ''leges Caeciliae-Didiae'', which required bills brought before the assemblies to have only one topic and mandated that three market days must elapse between a bill's presentation and a vote thereon. Metellus Nepos married Licinia Prima, after she had divorced the Pontifex Maximus Quintus Mucius Scaevola, with whom she had a daughter Mucia Tertia. Licinia and Metellus Nepos had two children: * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer * Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos See also * Caecilia gens The gens Caecilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the fifth century B ...
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 57 BC)
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos ( – 55 BC) was an ancient Roman politician during the Late Republic. He was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos and served as tribune of the plebs in 62 BC, consul in 57 BC, and the governor of Hispania Citerior from 56–55 BC. Early in his career, Nepos served under Pompey during the war against the pirates and the Third Mithridatic War. Returning to Rome in 63 BC, he served as a Pompeian ally in the plebeian tribunate. But after Pompey broke with his family on his return to Italy in 62 BC, Nepos became one of Pompey's opponents, especially after the formation of the so-called First Triumvirate in 59 BC. Elected against the wishes of the triumvirs in 57 BC to a consulship, he supported his cousin Clodius against Pompey's ally Milo and opposed Pompey's attempts to secure another military command, but regardless supported the recall of Cicero from exile. Family Nepos was a member of the powerful ...
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