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    BC, but the first of the Caecilii who obtained the consulship was Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, in 284 BC. The Caecilii Metelli were one of the most...
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    The Caecilii Metelli were one of the most important families of the late Roman Republic. They rose to prominence in the beginning of the third century...
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  • Republic — who were allied with the Sempronii Gracchi, Aemilii Paulli, and Caecilii Metelli, whose members are also shown. Only magistracies attested with...
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    full text is found in only one manuscript, which bears the title, Lucii Caecilii liber ad Donatum Confessorem de Mortibus Persecutorum. The bishop Eusebius...
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  • Brutus and Silanus among the Junii, or Pilius and Metellus among the Caecilii): others tended to be individual. And some names appear to have been used...
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    great-grandfather Lucius, with the elephants he had captured at Panormos. The elephant had thence become the emblem of the powerful Caecilii Metelli....
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  • Bulbophyllum caecilii is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. Its more common name is "Caecil's Bulbophyllum." It is commonly about .16 inches...
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    Columbarium of Carvilii, Columbarium of C. Annius Pollio, Columbarium of Caecilii, Columbarium of Passienii, Columbarium of Bruttii, Columbarium of L. Caninius...
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  • the gens Caecilia, an ancient Roman family For their family tree, see Caecilii Metelli family tree Hugo Metellus [de] (died c. 1150), Augustinian canon...
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    celebrates him as a native son. He had a sister, Plinia, who married into the Caecilii and was the mother of his nephew, Pliny the Younger, whose letters describe...
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  • Metellus (disambiguation) Quintus Caecilius Metellus (disambiguation) Caecilii Metelli This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...
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  • of dictator Sulla Tomb of Caecilia Metella, on the Appian Way in Rome Caecilii Metelli This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...
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    adequately manage foreign affairs. While Marius had seemingly broken with the Caecilii Metelli during his time as tribune and praetor, the Metelli did not seem...
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    applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii. Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for a personal name, suggest fanciful...
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    religionum (On the error of profane religions). Baluzii and Rigaltii, eds. Divi Cæcilii Cypriani, Carthaginensis Episcopi, Opera Omnia; accessit J. Firmici Materni...
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    Works of Pliny the Younger, Volume 28 of Delphi Ancient Classics C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi. "Liber Sextus; 16 & 20". Epistularum. The Latin Library. Archived...
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    alleged "Serb" ethnonym in the Caucasus Pliny the Younger in his work Plinii Caecilii Secundi Historia naturalis from the first century AD (69-75) mentioned...
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    Lactantius (category Caecilii)
    full text is found in only one manuscript, which bears the title Lucii Caecilii liber ad Donatum Confessorem de Mortibus Persecutorum. An Epitome of the...
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    These marriages helped build political alliances with the influential Caecilii Metelli and the Pompeys. He was also assigned by the senate, probably with...
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  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer (category Caecilii Metelli)
    was a member of the powerful and influential plebeian noble family, the Caecilii Metelli. Prior to 62 BC, he was an ally of Pompey and had served as urban...
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    Saint Cecilia (category Caecilii)
    applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii. Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for a personal name, suggest fanciful...
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    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0521895439. C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi. "Liber Sextus; 16 & 20". Epistularum. The Latin Library. McGuire...
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  • Caecilia Metella (daughter of Delmaticus) (category Caecilii Metelli)
    Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Caecilia belonged to the plebeian family of the Caecilii Metelli, at the time the most important family of the late second century...
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    Portico of Metellus (Porticus Metelli) or Portico of Caecilius (Porticus Caecilii). Augustus refurbished the portico and its temples and rededicated it to...
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  • Georgia Iberia Tao-Klarjeti United Georgia Kartli Kakheti Imereti Roman Caecilii Metelli Cornelii Scipiones Ancient Roman emperors Julio-Claudian Severan...
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  • greatly as a result of folk etymological association with the Latin name Caecilii, a derivative of caecus ("blind"). Notable people with the surname include:...
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    Pliny the Younger (category Caecilii)
    Archived January 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine) and Latin text (C. PLINII CAECILII SECVNDI EPISTVLARVM LIBER TERTIVS). Pliny Letters 2.1.1. See English translation...
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  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (category Caecilii Metelli)
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (c. 155 BC – c. 91 BC) was an ancient Roman statesman and general. He was a leader of the Optimates, the conservative...
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    effect much, fortune does still more. An uncertain individual, as the Caecilii did not regularly use the praenomen Titus. According to translator John...
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    Deignan, 1954: Found in southern Myanmar and south-western Thailand P. f. caecilii – Deignan, 1948: Found on the northern Malay Peninsula The black-crested...
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