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Qunitus Caecilius Metellus Creticus (cos. 69)

Consul in 69 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 74 BCE
    (aged 35)
    Praetor

    Broughton: A candidate in 75 (a). The praetorship of Metellus may be dated between 74 and 72, preferably in 74 since both Consuls supported him at the elections in 75 (Sall.). But Cicero does not refer to him as a colleague of Verres in this office.

    Sources (1)
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Hortensius Hortalus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 69 BCE (Consul)

    C. Verres (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Antonius Creticus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 69 BCE
    (aged 40)
    Consul · Co-consul: Q. Hortensius Hortalus

    Broughton: Both Consuls attempted, while Consuls-designate, to assist Verres against his accuser (a). Hortensius refused the command against the Cretan pirates, which was then given to Metellus (b).

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.904, 955; Cic. Cluent. 179; Ascon. 15, and 63 C; Joseph. AJ 14.4; Chr. 354 (Nepote et Metello); Fast. Hyd. (Hortensio et Metello), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. See Degrassi 131, 486f.
      • (a) Cic. Verr., passim, on Hortensius, esp. 1.18-21, 26, 37, 53; 2.3.222; 2.5.175; Brut. 319; Quintil. Inst. Or. 6.5.4; and on Metellus, Cic. Verr. 1.26-29; cf. Ps.-Ascon. 185, 205, 214f., 221, 230, 244, 260 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 331, 337, 351 Stangl
      • (b) Plut. Pomp. 29.2; Dio 36.1a [Xiph.]; Schol. Bob. 96 Stangl; cf. Cic. Verr. 2.2.76; Diod. 40.1; App. Sic. 6.1, and 2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Hortensius Hortalus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 69 BCE (Consul)

    C. Verres (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Antonius Creticus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 74 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus (cos. 68) Marcus Caecilius Metellus