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Lucius Caecilius Metellus (cos. 68)

Consul in 68 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 71 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: Probably, but not certainly, the Metellus, Praetor, mentioned in Cic. Tull. 39. See 70, Promagistrates.

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Cic. Tull. 39
    Career-overlap (1) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Marcius Rex (): 71 BCE (Praetor) , 68 BCE (Consul)

  2. 68 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: Q. Marcius Rex

    Broughton: Metellus died early in the year (a). Cilicia was withdrawn from the command of Lucullus and assigned to Marcius (b; see 67, Promagistrates). A brother of Metellus Creticus, and son of C. Metellus Caprarius and grandson of Q. Metellus Macedonicus (c).

    Sources (4)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.905, 956; Dio 36.4.1; Chr. 354 (Metello et Vatia); Fast. Hyd. (Marcio Rege et Metello), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Marcius, CIL 12.2.747, and perhaps 660 (but see 118, Consuls). See Degrassi 131, 488f.
      • (a) Dio 36.4.1
      • (b) Dio 36.2.2; cf. Suet. Iul. 8
      • (c) Cic. Verr. 1.27; CIL 12.2.746
    Career-overlap (1) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Marcius Rex (): 71 BCE (Praetor) , 68 BCE (Consul)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Marcus Caecilius Metellus Qunitus Caecilius Metellus Creticus (cos. 69)
  2. Children
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus