Lucius Caecilius Metellus (Consul 68 BC)

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Lucius Caecilius Metellus († 68 BC) was a politician of the late Roman Republic .

Lucius Caecilius Metellus was a son of Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius and the brother of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus . In 71 BC Chr. Was Metellus Praetor and the following year as the successor of Verres propraetor in Sicily . 68 BC He was consul with Quintus Marcius Rex . He died early in his year in office.

literature

  • Ernst Badian : The consuls, 179-49 BC. In: Chiron . Volume 20, 1990, pp. 371-413.
  • Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Caecilius [I 13]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 887.
  • Gerd R. Stumpf: Numismatic studies on the chronology of the Roman governors in Asia Minor. (122 BC - 163 AD) (= Saarbrücker Studies on Archeology and Ancient History. Vol. 4). Saarbrücker Druck und Verlag, Saarbrücken 1991, ISBN 3-925036-58-X , p. 69 f. (At the same time: Saarbrücken, Univ., Diss., 1986).

Remarks

  1. ^ Cicero, in Verrem 1, 27.
personal data
SURNAME Caecilius Metellus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metellus, Luciuus Caecilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 68 BC Chr.