Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 98 BC)

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (* around 135 BC; † 55 BC), a son of Caecilius Metellus Balearicus , was a Roman politician. In 98 BC He held the consulate .

One of the few aspects known from his life revolves around his marriage to Licinia Crassa , the mother of his sons. Licinia was already married to Quintus Mucius Scaevola when Nepos began a relationship with her. When they were discovered, Licinia was cast out and hereditary as an adulteress. But Nepos, instead of letting her go, divorced his wife and married Licinia less than a week later. The process was so scandalous that this wedding received several mentions in ancient sources.

As consul he issued in 98 BC BC, together with his colleague Titus Didius, passed a law on the publication deadline for draft laws and the prohibition on applying for several ordinances in a single law. His sons were Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer , consul in 60 BC. BC, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos , consul in 57 BC. Chr.

literature

Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Caecilius [I 28]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 889.

Remarks

↑ Cicero , De domo sua ad pontifices 41 ( Latin ); Philippine Speeches 5.8 ( Latin ); Pro P. Sestio 135 ( Latin ) and Scholia Bobiensia 140 ( Stangl ) on the spot ( Latin ).
↑ Cicero, De domo sua ad pontifices 53 ( Latin ); Ernest George Hardy: Three Questions as to Livius Drusus. In: The Classical Review. Vol. 27, No. 8, 1913, ISSN 0009-840X , pp. 261-263, here p. 262, JSTOR 700880 .; Rudi Thomsen: The year 91 BC. And its requirements. In: Classica et Mediaevalia. Vol. 5, 1942/1943, ISSN 0106-5815 , pp. 13-47, here pp. 30 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Caecilius Metellus Nepos, Quintus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Metellus Nepos, Quintus Caecilius; Nepos, Quintus Caecilius Metellus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul 98 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	around 135 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	55 BC Chr.

[1] Cicero , De domo sua ad pontifices 41 ( Latin ); Philippine Speeches 5.8 ( Latin ); Pro P. Sestio 135 ( Latin ) and Scholia Bobiensia 140 ( Stangl ) on the spot ( Latin ).

[2] Cicero, De domo sua ad pontifices 53 ( Latin ); Ernest George Hardy: Three Questions as to Livius Drusus. In: The Classical Review. Vol. 27, No. 8, 1913, ISSN 0009-840X , pp. 261-263, here p. 262, JSTOR 700880 .; Rudi Thomsen: The year 91 BC. And its requirements. In: Classica et Mediaevalia. Vol. 5, 1942/1943, ISSN 0106-5815 , pp. 13-47, here pp. 30 f.