Caecilia Metella
Caecilia Metella was the common name given to female members of the Caecilius Metellus family . To distinguish them, they often wore their father's cognomen in the feminine form.
The most famous name bearer is
- Caecilia Metella (Cretica), daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus , wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus junior and thus daughter-in-law of the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus . It is best known for its large tomb on the Via Appia Antica in southeast Rome .
Other namesake are:
- Caecilia Metella , daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus , wife of Gaius Servilius Vatia
- Caecilia Metella , sister of the previous one, wife of the consul from 111 BC. BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio
- Caecilia Metella Dalmatica , daughter of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus , successively wife of the elder Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and Lucius Cornelius Sullas
- Caecilia Metella Calva , mother of Lucius Licinius Lucullus
- Caecilia Metella Balearica Minor , mother of Publius Clodius Pulcher
- Caecilia Metella Celer , wife of Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther