Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos

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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos [1] (c. 135 BC – 55 BC) was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus. He was a Consul in 98 BC, having fought at the Iberian Peninsula against the Celtiberians and the Vacceos, suffering before these ones a memorable defeat.

He married Licinia Prima, who after widowed married the Pontifex Maximus Quintus Mucius Scaevola, of whom she had Mucia Tertia - thus called for having become the third wife of the Triumvir Cnaeus Pompeius Magnum. They had three children:

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Cognomen which in its proper sense means grandson or nephew, but is also used as meaning incapable or dissipater. It was in this depreciative sense that might have been cognominated Quintus Caecilius Metellus due to his known prodigality. (Cfr. F. Noel, in Dictionaire Historique ...)

[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
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