Lucius Caecilius Metellus (Consul 251 BC)
Lucius Caecilius Metellus († 221 BC) was in 251 and 247 BC. Chr. Consul of the Roman Republic .
As consul in Sicily, Lucius Caecilius Metellus defeated the Carthaginian general Hasdrubal , who had attacked him in Panormus . For his victory against the Kartharger he was honored with a Roman triumph . He let the elephants captured in his victory 250 BC. In Rome during the triumphal procession. The elephants have been the symbol of the Meteller ever since . In 249 BC He was Magister equitum ("leader of the cavalry") of the dictator Aulus Atilius Caiatinus . In 247 BC He was again active as consul in Sicily and besieged Lilybaeum . 241 BC He rescued the palladium from the Vesta temple and allegedly went blind in the process. 224 BC Lucius Caecilius Metellus held the elections as dictator (dictator comitiorum habendorum causa) . He was pontiff and from 243 BC. Until his death in the year 221 Pontifex Maximus .
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Caecilius [I 11]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 884.
Remarks
- ↑ Polybios , Historíai 1.39-40; Pliny , Naturalis historia 7,139.
- ↑ Cicero , Pro M. Aemilio Scauro 48.
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| SURNAME | Caecilius Metellus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Metellus, Luciuus Caecilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul (251 BC, 247 BC) and Pontifex Maximus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 221 BC Chr. |