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	Caecilii Metelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus - eldest son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus, consul in 206 BC.
		Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus - second son of Metellus Calvus, he was the leader of the conservative faction of the senate and a bitter enemy of Gaius Marius.
		Metellus Numidicus was elected censor 102 BC in partnership with his cousin Metellus Caprarius.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metellus_Pius (784 words)

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		QUINTUS CAECILIUS METELLUS CELER, legate of Pompey in Asia 65 B.C., praetor 63.
		Metellus refused and completed the conquest of the island, which was annexed to Cyrene and became a Roman province.
		Metellus naturally joined the senatorial party in their opposition to Pompey, and had the satisfaction of preventing the ratification of what he had done in Asia.
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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1061 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		61, Metellus was consul elect, and by his personal influence prevented the celebration of the Compitalia, which a tribune of the plebs was preparing to celebrate in opposition to a senatus-consultum.
		Clodius was the first-cousin of Metellus, being the son of his father's sister, and likewise the brother of his own wife ; but he did not allow this family connection to produce any change in his political conduct.
		The character of Metellus has been sufficiently indicated in the preceding sketch of his life : he was one of the great leaders of the aristocracy, but did not possess either sufficient influence or sufficient genius to cope with such men as Caesar and Pompey.
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	Caecilia Metella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Caecilia Metella Calva was daughter of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus, consul in 142 BC, and sister of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
		Caecilia Metella Celer was daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer by his wife, the notorious Clodia.
		In 53 BC, Metella Celer was married to Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, a conservative politician, allied to her father's family.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caecilia_Metella (738 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Metellus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		METELLUS [Metellus], ancient Roman family of the plebeian gens Caecilia.
		He was consul in 60 BC Celer was a leader in the stubborn defense of every senatorial prerogative.
		Celer's wife, Clodia, was said to have poisoned him.
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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1060 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		metellus Pius, son of Numidicus [No. 14], received the surname of Pius on account of the love which he displayed for his father when he besought the people to recall him from banishment, in b.
		Sertorius, however, was a match for them both ; and when Metellus, after frequent disasters, at length gained a victory over Sertorius, he was so elated \vith his success, that he allowed himself to be saluted imperator, and celebrated his conquest with the greatest splendour.
		Cicero and Asconius both call Metellus Celer the frater of the younger Metellus Nepos [No. 21], and Asconius states that the latter was the son of the elder Nepos [No. 16], the grandson of Balea-ricus [No. 7], and the great-grandson of Macedo-nicus [No. 5].
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	Saturninus: Epilogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Lucullus was married to Clodia, sister to Celer's wife Clodia, and both were sisters of Clodius Pulcher.
		Pulcher was acquitted and in 58 was himself tribune, prosecuting and exiling Cato and Cicero.
		One of Celer's relatives, M. Caelius Rufus, was tried in 56 for a plot to assassinate Clodia; Cicero was his defense counsel.
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	AllRefer.com - Metellus (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		B.C., the grandson of Lucius Caecilius Metellus, was an important general in the final conquest of Greece (146).
		B.C.) he began an eight-year war with Sertorius, in which he was continually unsuccessful, in spite of aid provided by Pompey.
		B.C. Celer was a leader in the stubborn defense of every senatorial prerogative.
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	METELLUS - Online Information article about METELLUS
		Marius, however, who had been intriguing for the command, accused Metellus of protracting the war, and received the consulship for 107 with the provinceof See also:
		Cinna, the soldiers, who had no confidence in the consul Gnaeus Octavius, wished Metellus to take command, but he refused.
		Metellus naturally joined the senatorial party in their opposition to Pompey, and had the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/METELLUS.html (2175 words)

	Florilegium
		Metellus’ measure was probably vetoed by the tribunes, who in March vetoed Herennius’ renewed attempts to make a plebeian out of Clodius (Cic.
		Metellus, therefore, was able to deny the constitutionality of Clodius’ “new standing” on the grounds that neither the Comitia Curiata nor the Comitia Centuriata had sanctioned it.
		Metellus was the main opponent of Clodius’ candidacy.
	www.uwo.ca /english/florilegium/volumes/vol1/pinard.html (1784 words)

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		Oroeses himself descended upon Metellus Celer, in whose charge Tigranes was, and sent others against Pompey and against Lucius Flaccus, the commander of the third division, in order that all might be thrown into confusion at once, and so not assist one another.
		Caesar at the death of Metellus Pius was eager for his priesthood, although young and not having served as praetor.
		The excuse that Metellus gave was that the transference of Clodius had not been in accord with tradition; this change had been permitted only at the time when the lex curiata was introduced.
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	ooBdoo
		Instead, Pompey married Cornelia Metella, the daughter of Metellus Scipio, one of Caesar's greatest enemies.
		The Optimates, including Metellus Scipio and Cato the Younger, fled to the south, not knowing that Caesar had only his Thirteenth Legion with him.
		He quickly gained a significant victory at Thapsus in 46 BC over the forces of Metellus Scipio (who died in the battle) and Cato the Younger (who committed suicide).
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	Metellus - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Metellus, ancient Roman family of the plebeian gens Caecilia.
		115 &BC;, the grandson of Lucius Caecilius Metellus, was an important general in the final conquest of Greece (146).
		He was consul in 60 &BC; Celer was a leader in the stubborn defense of every senatorial prerogative.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=Metellus (629 words)

	roman history, roman civilization
		Caesar, on the coincidental death of the current pontifex maximus, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, announced his candidacy, and shortly after the election of magistrates for 62, in which he won the office of praetor, won the election for pontifex maximus, defeating the optimate, L. Catulus [Broughton, v.2, p.
		Rufus and Q. Metellus Celer, praetors, were dispatched to Capua and Picenum with the power to levy soldiers (BC 30).
		As it happens, Metellus Nepos, a tribune of the plebs and Pompeian who had entered office on December 10, objected strongly to Cicero's execution of the urban conspirators, and in fact prevented Cicero from making the customary speech to the people at the close of his consulship on those grounds (Ad Fam.
	abacus.bates.edu /~mimber/Rciv/63.htm (3845 words)

	Chronology of Catiline's Conspiracy
		When the 27th passed uneventfully, the Roman people became suspicious of Cicero, surmising that this may have been a simple plot on his part to rally support and power from the people, inventing a time of need by means of which he could strengthen his political power.
		Cicero is prevented by tribunes Bestia and Metellus Nepos from addressing People when laying down office on grounds that he had executed Roman citizens without trial.
		Catiline tried to move his troops through the Apennines but was met there by Metellus Celer, with Antonius and his army coming from the rear.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /sallust/chronology.html (1473 words)

	Dio's Roman History Book 37
		As Cicero, however, refused to take charge of him, he voluntarily took up his residence at the house of Metellus the praetor, in order that he might be as free as possible from the suspicion of promoting a revolution until he should gain some additional strength from the conspirators there in the city.
		For Caesar at the death of Metellus Pius was eager for his priesthood, although he was young and had not yet served as praetor.
		The excuse that Metellus gave was that the transfer of Clodius had not been in accordance with tradition; for this change might be made only after the introduction of a lex curiata.
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		66/4_ Metellus organises Crete as a Roman province.
		63/34 Cato and Metellus Nepos are elected to be tribunes for the followin
		60/7_ The tribune Flavius emprisons the consul Metellus Celer.
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		Metellus was appointed governor of Gallia Transalpina at the same time that the Lex Vatinia was passed, giving Caesar command of Illyricum and Gallia Cisalpina (ca.
		For a number of years before his death, Metellus was unhappily married to the infamous Clodia, the sister of Clodius Pulcher, a cousin.
		He was also counted among the better orators of his time by the historian Tacitus, who wrote that he was one of several successful political figures who achieved greatness through strength of arms and keenness of rhetorical wit.
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	Saturninus, pars I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Marius, the prosecuting tribune Titus Labienus, the praetor Julius Caesar sitting as judge, Consul Cicero speaking for the defense, Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer as the opposing praetor, his wife Clodia, her lover Catullus, her brother P. Clodius Pulcher, all in the few short months leading up to the Catilina episode.
		Back in 109 BCE Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was Consul, commanding the legions in the Numidian campaign, and doing a rather poor job of it.
		But as a preview, the two praetors in 63 BCE when the trial takes place are Q Caecilius Metellus Celer, grand-nephew of Q Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, and G. Julius Caesar, born the year Saturninus was killed, the nephew of Marius and son-in-law of Cinna.
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	web.genealogie
		- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus consul -123, censeur -120.
		Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus consul -109, censeur -102.
		épouse: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer mort en -59.
	web.genealogie.free.fr /Les_dynasties/Antiquite/Rome_et_Constantinople/Gentes/C_Gentes.htm (558 words)

	Biographies: Clodia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		She was married in 63 BC to Quintus Metellus Celer and was suspected of responsibility for his death in 59 BC.
		She was mistress to the poet Catullus, who wrote of her as Lesbia, and was the most important influence in his life.
		If so, she was most probably the one who married the aristocrat Metellus Celer (consul 60 BC, died 59 BC), who in 62 BC was governor of Cisalpine Gaul.
	intranet.grundel.nl /thinkquest/bio_clodia.html (275 words)

	Philip II and Alexander: Changes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		THE CHRONOLOGY OF 60 B.C. Caecilius Metellus, L. Afranius coss.
		Caecilius Metellus Celer (half-brother of Mucia, Pompey's ex-wife; brother of Metellus Nepos; married to one of the Clodiae, sister of P. Clodius Pulcher, Appius Claudius (censor 50), and C. Claudius)
		An embassy was sent to Gaul: Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus, L. Valerius Flaccus, Cn.
	www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/60BC.html (888 words)

	Diotima
		and Wiseman, 188: "It was probably about 53 BC that the daughter of Q. Metellus Celer and Clodia married P. Lentulus Spinther...This able young aristocrat was the son of a man whose politics must have appealed more to the conservative Metellus Celer than to Clodia and her brothers.
		Perhaps the betrothal of their daughter was one of the reasons for Clodia's 'civil war' with Metellus in the year before his death (cf.
		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.
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	Amazon.com: SPQR V: Saturnalia (Decius Metellus, 5): Books: John Maddox Roberts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		For good and sufficient reasons, the Metellus family views the Lady Clodia as a dangerous political enemy, and if it can be demonstrated that she willfully and with malice aforethought poisoned her husband (Decius' kinsman), permanent exile would result forthwith.
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		Roberts' hero - a Junior Senator with the unwieldy name of Decius Caecilius Metellus - is a wonder: patrician by birth, he is able to walk with equal confidence in marble halls, and the stinkiest streets of the Subura.
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	Amazon.com: SPQR III: The Sacrilege: Books: John Maddox Roberts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Quintus Caecilius Metellus the Elder, a battle scarred, no-nonsense soldier and politician who is both proud of and embarrassed by his eccentric son.
		Metellus Creticus, a dour man who happens to be one of the most powerful soldier-politicians in Rome.
		I discovered Metellus the Younger, in his later years, in a collection of Historical Detectives, and was completely captivated.
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	The Latin Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On Dec 31, Q. METELLUS NEPOS prevents Cicero from giving the customary farewell address to the people and only allows him to depart from office with the solemn oath that he upheld all the laws.
		On Jan 2 or 3, METELLUS NEPOS attacks Cicero in the Senate for the execution of Roman citizens without trial.
		METELLUS NEPOS proposes for Pompey to be summoned from the East to deal with the matter.
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	Gaius Rabirius
		The obsolete accusation of perduellio was revived, and the case was heard before Julius and Lucius Caesar as commissioners specially appointed (duoviri perduellionis).
		Rabirius was condemned, and the people, to whom the accused had exercised the right of appeal, were on the point of ratifying the decision, when Metellus Celer pulled down the military flag from the Janiculum[?], which was equivalent to the dissolution of the assembly.
		Caesar's object having been attained, the matter was then allowed to drop.
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