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Quintus Caecilius Metellus (cos. 98)

Consul in 98 BCE. Father in law of Clodia Metelli

🏛️ Career

  1. 98 BCE
    (aged 37)
    Consul · Co-consul: T. Didius

    MT: They carried two laws (leges Caeciliae-Didiae) 1) requiring three market days to pass between the bill's announcement and its vote, and 2) disallowing the combining of two unrelated proposals in one bill

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.681; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 128, 478f.; Ascon. 63C; Obseq. 47; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Didius, Cic. Mur. 17. They carried a law to require three nundinae in the period from announcement of a bill to its passage (Cic. Dom. 41; Sest. 135, and Schol. Bob. 140 Stangl; Phil. 5.3; cf. Att. 2.9.1; Leg. 3.11 and 43; Festus 416L), and one to forbid the union of unrelated measures in a single bill (Cic. Dom. 53). Didius received the province of Nearer Spain (Obseq. 47; see 97-93, Promagistrates).
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    T. Didius (1 year; raw 4.00, base 1.333, final 1.333): 98 BCE (Consul)

    L. Licinius Crassus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 98 BCE (Praetor)

    Q. Mucius Scaevola (cos. 95) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 98 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Appuleius Decianus (1 year; raw 1.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 98 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

    C. Canuleius (1 year; raw 1.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 98 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

🏺 Family

  1. Parents
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus (cos. 123)
  2. Children
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57)