Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus

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Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus (c. 200 BC or before 178 BC – after 136 BC) was a Roman statesman. He was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus and brother of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. First Calvus used to be a Praetor, later a Consul and Governor of Hispania in 142 BC, where he fought, without success, against Viriathus, then became a Proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul in 141 BC, in 140—139 BC he was a Legatus. In 140—139 BC Calvus participated in embassy to some Eastern states.[1]

Calvus' children were:

He might also have been with more certainties the father of another Caecilius Metellus, the father of Quintus Caecilius Metellus (III).

[edit] Note

  1. ^ Iustin. XXXVIII 8, 8

[edit] Further reading

  • Manuel Dejante Pinto de Magalhães Arnao Metello and João Carlos Metello de Nápoles, "Metellos de Portugal, Brasil e Roma", Torres Novas, 1998
Preceded by
Appius Claudius Pulcher, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus		 Consul
142, with Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus		 Succeeded by
Gnaeus Servilius Caepio, Quintus Pompeius