Caecilia Metella (mother of Lucullus)
Caecilia Metella was the daughter of the consul from 142 BC. BC, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus from the ancient Roman plebeian family of the Caeciliers .
Her brothers were the consuls of 119 and 109 BC. BC, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus . It was made around 119 BC. The wife of Lucius Licinius Lucullus , who 104 BC Officiated as Praetor urbanus . The marriage resulted in two sons: the well-known Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus , who lived in 74 BC. Exercised the consulate, as well as Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus , who held the highest office a year later. She had the reputation of an immoral woman.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Caecilius 132). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 1234.
Remarks
- ↑ Cicero , In Verrem actio 4, 147; Oratio post reditum in senatu 37; Oratio post reditum ad Quirites 6; Plutarch , Lucullus 1, 1.
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| SURNAME | Caecilia Metella |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mother of Lucullus (consul from 74 BC) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |