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	Tomb of Caecilia Metalla, Rome
		The tomb of Caecilia Metella and her husband, one of the best known of ancient Roman monuments, stands in a conspicuous position in the picturesque setting of the Via Appia Antica in Rome.
		The sarcophagus of Caecilia Mettela may be seen in the courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese.
		The Tomb of Caecilia Metella,included in the Caetani castle in Rome.
	www.planetware.com /rome/tomb-of-caecilia-metalla-i-la-rtcm.htm (137 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Caecilia Metella was a widow when she married the 50 year old Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
		Caecilia Metella did not live long after his victory.
		She died from an illness that Sulla may have transmitted to her and that was sufficiently contagious for the priests to have forbidden him to be with her or to have her funeral in the house.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0094 (352 words)

	Essential World Architecture Images- ROME- Tomb of Caecilia Metella
		This Caecilia Metella was the daugther of Caecilius Metellus Creticus, consul in 69 BC, and wife to the son of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
		Caecilia Metella is the name of all women in the Caecilii Metelli family, since feminine names were the their father's gens and cognomen declined in the female form.
		Caecilia Metella Calva was daughter of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus, consul in 142 BC, and sister of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
	www.essential-architecture.com /ROME/RO-031.htm (718 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 525 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Caeculus.) The story of Caia Caecilia is related under tanaquil ; and it is sufficient to say here, that she appears in the early legends of Rome as a woman endowed with prophetic powers, and closely connected with the worship of the god of the hearth.
		That she was, at the same time, looked upon as a model of domestic life, may be inferred from the fact, that a newly married woman, before entering the house of her husband, on being asked what her name was, answered, " My name is Caia." (VaL Max.
		CAECILIA, the daughter of T. Pomponius Atticus, who is called Caecilia, because her father
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0534.html (1010 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1060 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In this year the two consuls carried the lex Caecilia Didia.
		caecilia (metella), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Baleaiicus, married App.
		caecilia (metella), daughter of Dalma-ticus [No. 13], married first Scaurus, consul in b.
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	Caecilia Metella Biography,info
		This Caecilia Metella was the daughter of Q. Metellus, conqueror of Crete, and wife to the son of Crassus.
		Caecilia Metella was the name of all women in the Caecilii Metelli family, since feminine names were taken from the father's gens and cognomen declined in the female form.
		The written sources of Roman history cite at least four women called Caecilia Metella.
	music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Caecilia_Metella (735 words)

	Tomb of Caecilia Metella - Rome, Italy - Great Buildings Online
		Built at the end of the Roman republican period, this tomb was built to hold the sarcophagus of Caecilia Metella, the daughter of Quintus Metellus, the conqueror of Crete, and wife of Crassus.
		The sarcophagus was placed in a central funerary cell with a conical vault.
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	Biologie - Caecilia Metella (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Caecilia Metella Dalmatica, Tochter des Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, nacheinander Frau von Marcus Aemilius Scaurus und Lucius Cornelius Sulla
		Caecilia Metella Calva, Mutter von Lucius Licinius Lucullus
		Caecilia Metella Celer, Ehefrau von Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther
	www.biologie.de /biowiki/C%C3%A4cilia_Metella (362 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2000.03.11
		Hänninen discusses the role of women in reporting and expiating prodigies on the basis of a story of the dream of Caecilia Metella, which, according to Cicero in the De Divinatione, had led to the restoration of the temple of Juno Sospita in 90 BC.
		As regards the first issue Hänninen observes that Caecilia Metella's dream was taken seriously in spite of the fact that she was a woman: it was recognized as an official prodigy and led to the restoration of the temple.
		She tries to explain the success of Caecilia Metella's 'initiative' by drawing attention to the fact that she was a member of a very distinguished family, the Caecilii Metelli.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2000/2000-03-11.html (2407 words)

	Diotima
		Metella's husband was committed to the Pompeian cause, as was L. Metellus, her cousin, whose presence in Italy Caesar declared he would not tolerate.
		It is likely that Metella had had her contacts in the Caesarian camp even before this.
		They could no longer finance themselves from the spoils of empire, and if they were now prepared to forget their aristocratic pride and engage in the despised pursuit of banking, an actor's wealth would be grist to the mill as well.
	www.stoa.org /diotima/syllabi/elite.shtml (2572 words)

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		The word "catacomb" had originally no such connotation as is now attached to it; the earliest form, catacumbae (kata, and kumbe, a hollow)-probably suggested by the natural configuration of the ground was the name given to the district round the tomb of Caecilia Metella and the Circus Romuli on the Appian Way.
		In this cubiculum are paintings of St. Caecilia and of Our Lord, the latter "according to the Byzantine type, with rays of glory behind it in the form of a Greek cross." But these paintings are late-not earlier than the tenth century.
		Besides the Papal Crypt and the chamber of St. Caecilia, there are in this part of the cemetery "several cubicula interesting for their paintings, chiefly referable to Baptism and the Eucharist, the fish being the principal emblem of the latter.
	friarsminor.org /xvi6-2.html (2113 words)

	Amazon.com: "Caecilia Metella": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Schultz In 90 BCE, the Senate of Rome, stirred to action by a report of a vision seen by Caecilia Metella, a member of one of the most prominent families in Rome,...
		father's surname was transmitted in a feminine form; for instance the daughter of a Caecilius Metellus would be known as Caecilia Metella.
		He went to Caecilia Metella, Nepos' sister; her father was Balearicus, a name I mention with respect.' She had been a friend of Sextus Roscius'...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Caecilia-Metella (329 words)

	[2005: October] caecilia metella (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Interesting question arising on the latinteach list in relation to Sulla's treatment of his wife as she lay dying...
		In the midst of the feasting, which lasted many days, Metella lay sick and dying.
		And since the priests forbade Sulla to go near her, or to have his house polluted by her funeral, he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to another house while she was still living.
	omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/ANC-L/2005/10/0006.php (331 words)

	Caecilia Metella - Wikipedia
		Caecilia Metella Dalmatica, Tochter des Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, nacheinander Frau des älteren Marcus Aemilius Scaurus und Lucius Cornelius Sullas
		Caecilia Metella Calva, Mutter von Lucius Licinius Lucullus
		Caecilia Metella Celer, Ehefrau von Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caecilia_Metella (136 words)

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