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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57)

Consul in 57 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 68 BCE
    (aged 32)
    Tribune of the Plebs

    MT: Broughton explains the attestation of the tribunes in a single note, citing the Lex Antonia (to restore freedom to Termessus, modern Antalya Turkey) and CIL 12.2.744. Question remains around which Quintus Caecilius was tribune in this year: Celer or Nepos?

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.571, final 0.629): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Consul)

    L. Culleolus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Attius Balbus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 62 BCE
    (aged 38)
    Tribune of the Plebs

    Broughton: He attacked the action of Cicero in putting the Catilinarian conspirators to death, and vetoed his final oration at the end of the year (a). In January he renewed his attack on Cicero, and attempted to carry two bills, one to summon Pompey to Italy to take command against Catiline, and the other to grant him election to the consulship in absence, against the veto of his colleague Cato, so forcefully that martial law was declared, and he departed from Rome to join Pompey (b).

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Cic. Fam. 5. 1, and 2; Sest. 11; Pis. 6-7; Ascon. 6 C; Plut. Cic. 23.1-2; Dio 37.38.2; Schol. Bob. 82, and 127 Stangl; cf. Cic. Cont. Contra Q. Met. fr. 1-10, ed. MüIler
      • (b) Cic. Fam. 5.1, and 2; Att. 1.13.5; Sest. 62; Quintil. Inst. Or. 9.3.50; Plut. Cic. 23.2-3; Cat. Min. 26-29; Suet. Iul. 16; Gell. 18.7.7; Dio 37.42-44; Schol. Bob. 82, and 134 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 289 Stangl cf. Cic. Mur. 81, on his proposals
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.571, final 0.629): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Consul)

    L. Culleolus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Attius Balbus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

  3. 60 BCE
    (aged 40)
    Praetor

    Broughton: Carried a law to abolish the customs dues in Italian ports (a).

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.571, final 0.629): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Consul)

    L. Culleolus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Attius Balbus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

  4. 57 BCE
    (aged 43)
    Consul · Co-consul: P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57)

    Broughton: Lentulus, with the eventual support of his colleague, who had been an enemy of Cicero, worked loyally for Cicero's recall from exile (a), and carried a bill for his restoration through the centuriate assembly (b). Lentulus also aided Cicero to recover his house (c). The Consuls drew up a bill to place Pompey in charge of the grain supply (d). Metellus impeded Milo's attempt to prosecute Clodius and aided the latter's candidacy for the aedileship (e).

    Sources (6)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.757, 758, 921, 922; Val. Max. 9.14.4; Ascon. 48 C; Plin. NH 7.54; Dio 39, Index, and 1.1; Schol. Bob. 125 Stangl; Chr. 354 (Lentulo et Nepotae); Fast. Hyd. (Lentulo et Marcello Nepote); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; and on Lentulus, Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f.; Plut. Cic. 33.2. See Degrassi 56f., 131f., 492f.
      • (a) on Nepos: Cic. A it. 3.12.1; Fam. 5.4; P. Red. in Sen. 5, 9-10, 25; P. Red. ad Quir. 10 and 15; Dom. 7, 13, and 70; Sest. 72, 87, and 130; Prov. Cons. 22; Pis. 35; Dio 39.6-8; Schol. Bob. 139 Stangl; on Lentulus: Cic. Ait. 3.22.2; QF 1.4.5; Fam. 1.1.1; 1.9; 16-17; 3.7.5; P. Red. in Sen. 5, 8-9, 26-27; P. Red. ad Quir. 11, 15, 17f.; Dom. 7, 30, 70-71, and 75; Har. Resp. 12; Sest. 70, 72, 107, 117, 144, 147; Pis. 34, and 80; Mil. 39; Dio 39.6-8; Schol. Bob. 122 Stangl
      • (b) P. Red. in Sen. 27; P. Red. ad Quir. 17; Dom. 75 and 87 and 90; Sest. 109, 128; Pis. 35-36; Dio 39.8.2; Cassiod.
      • (c) Cic. Har. Resp. 13
      • (d) Cic. Att. 4.1.7; QF 2.5; Dom. 11; Liv. Per. 104; Plut. Pomp. 49.5; Dio 39.9
      • (e) Cic. Att. 4.3.3-4; Dom. 13; Sest. 89; Dio 39.7.4
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 0.714, final 0.714): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.571, final 0.629): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Consul)

    L. Culleolus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Attius Balbus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.429, final 0.429): 60 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Parents
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus (cos. 98)
  2. Siblings
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60)