Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (* between 190 and 185 BC; † 115 BC) was a Roman politician.
Macedonicus was the eldest son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus , who lived in 206 BC. Chr. Consul had been. Metellus was a successful general, fought in the Third Macedonian War and brought the message of victory from Pydna to Rome. He secured 146 BC The annexation of Macedonia as a Roman province - hence the Cognomen Macedonicus - and built the Porticus Metelli from the booty , which he decorated with stolen works of art. For his success he received a triumph .
In 154 he was elected tribune of the people , 148 as praetor . As consul in 143 BC And proconsul in 142 BC. BC Macedonicus fought successfully against the Celtiberians and conquered Contrebia . It is unclear whether he received a triumph for this too. In 136 he was the legate of Lucius Furius Philus in Spain, 133 he put down a slave revolt in Minturnae . 131 BC He was elected censor . As a conservative aristocrat, he was an opponent of the Gracchi . During his time as a censor, he made marriage compulsory for Romans - a law that was never applied. In the period from 140 until his death in 115 BC He was an augur . His four sons Quintus , Lucius , Marcus and Gaius all reached the consulate. He also had two daughters, Caecilia Metella , the mother of Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus , and her sister of the same name, Caecilia Metella , the wife of the consul from 111 BC. BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio .
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Caecilius [I 27]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 889.
- Werner Suerbaum : Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginning to Sulla's death (= Handbook of the Latin Literature of Antiquity. Vol. 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , p. 492 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Velleius Paterculus 1, 11, 3-7.
- ↑ Catalog of Triumphs. Pp. 264-266. Supplement to: Tanja Itgenshorst : Tota illa pompa. The triumph in the Roman Republic (= Hypomnemata. Investigations into antiquity and its afterlife . 161). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-525-25260-9 , (also: Cologne, University, dissertation, 2003/2004).
- ↑ Orosius 5,9,4.
- ↑ Plutarch , Tiberius Gracchus 14.4 .
- ↑ Valerius Maximus 7, 1, 1 states that only three of the sons became consuls.
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| SURNAME | Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Metellus Macedonicus, Quintus Caecilius; Macedonicus, Quintus Caecilius Metellus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician and general, consul 143 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 115 BC Chr. |