Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (Consul 57 BC)
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos († around 55 BC) was a politician of the late Roman Republic .
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos . In his youth he was often active as a prosecutor, although probably not very important. He went in 67 BC As a legacy of Pompey to Asia Minor and later to Syria , where he lived until 63 BC. Chr. Stayed. In 62 BC Chr. Nepos was tribune and prevented Cicero from being accountable on the last day of his consulate . After violent conflicts with his colleague Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis , he went to see Pompey in Asia and was suspended by the Senate . Nepos was born in 60 BC. BC Praetor and then presumably governor of a province.
In 57 BC Chr. Nepos was with his relative Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther consul and despite previous hostility advocated Cicero's recall. He took 56 BC In the conference of Luca and then went as proconsul to Spain ( Hispania citerior ), where he achieved isolated successes against the Vaccaer . In 55 BC He went back to Rome and died a little later.
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Caecilius [I 29]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 889 f.
- Friedrich Münzer : Caecilius 96 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 1216-1218.
Remarks
- ↑ Cicero , Brutus 247.
- ↑ Cassius Dio 37,51,3 ; Plutarch , Cato 26-29.
- ↑ Cicero, ad Atticum 2,5,2, mentioned in April 59 BC. BC that Nepos left Rome.
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 5,4 .; Cicero p. red. in sen. 25-26.
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| SURNAME | Caecilius Metellus Nepos, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Metellus Nepos, Quintus Caecilius; Nepos, Quintus Caecilius Metellus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 57 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC Chr. |