Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus (c. 114 BC – late 50s BC) was a politically active member of the Roman upper class. He was praetor in 74 BC and pontifex...
11 KB (1,383 words) - 14:45, 22 July 2024
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer (c. 104 BC – 59 BC) was a Roman politician who was consul in 60 BC and in the next year opposed Pompey, Caesar, and the...
15 KB (1,850 words) - 06:29, 30 January 2024
Celer Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos...
645 bytes (95 words) - 18:48, 16 September 2021
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, born Iunius Silanus was adopted by Quintus Caecilius Metellus, a descendant of the optimate Quintus Caecilius...
3 KB (242 words) - 20:21, 15 November 2021
belonged to the Optimates. He was consul in 69 BC alongside Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. His nickname was Dionysia, after a famous actress. After...
12 KB (1,479 words) - 23:51, 8 September 2024
Caecilia gens (redirect from Metellus)
later Pontifex Maximus. Gaius Caecilius Metellus, a junior senator circa 80 BC. Quintus Caecilius Metellus, surnamed Creticus, consul in 69 BC, triumphed...
27 KB (3,216 words) - 16:58, 7 September 2024
century BC to honor Caecilia Metella, who was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, a consul in 69 BC, and the wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus...
14 KB (1,825 words) - 04:56, 22 April 2024
One was Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, who was praetor in 74 BC and consul in 69 BC. He was pontifex from 73 BC until his death. Creticus was given...
7 KB (915 words) - 03:03, 4 February 2024
Quintus Marcius Rex, the praetor in 144 BC who constructed the Aqua Marcia. He was elected consul for 68 BC with Lucius Caecilius Metellus. Metellus died...
3 KB (281 words) - 18:40, 22 August 2023
censor in 102 BC. Lucius had two brothers. One was Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. Creticus was praetor in 74 BC, consul in 69 BC, and pontifex...
4 KB (471 words) - 20:13, 6 January 2022
Caecilia Metella Cretica, daughter of the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus (see Caecilius Metellus); his mother's tomb is visible on the Appian...
6 KB (507 words) - 11:15, 12 April 2024
allies. In 69 BC the Romans under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, after the failed attempt of Marcus Antonius Creticus, invaded Crete. The Cretan general...
13 KB (1,647 words) - 18:05, 7 September 2024
in relation to her husband: the name Clodia Metelli, "Clodia [wife] of Metellus," preserves the birth name Clodia and adds her husband's name to specify...
15 KB (1,799 words) - 18:20, 28 July 2024
that happened to many other Cretan cities, when invaded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus in 68 BC. Gortyn continued to rise under Roman rule, and...
14 KB (1,501 words) - 12:23, 3 April 2024
capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia. Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and Quintus Hortensius. Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is installed as...
968 bytes (1,809 words) - 15:24, 9 October 2022
Lucius Aurelius Cotta. The two generals were Quintus Marcius Rex and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus; they had served as consul in 68 and 69 BC, respectively...
45 KB (5,701 words) - 07:00, 3 August 2024
Beautiful Rat Sunset 10" EP, recounts the story of Verres. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus § Role in Verres's trial Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 67...
11 KB (1,315 words) - 09:21, 25 August 2024
capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia. Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and Quintus Hortensius. Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is installed as...
2 KB (242 words) - 08:58, 22 May 2024
military campaign that ended in defeat. A new expedition led by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, and supported by the cities of Gortina (now Gortyn) and...
34 KB (3,979 words) - 20:49, 1 July 2024
proconsul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, when the Cretans attempted to obtain better terms from Pompey than they were receiving from Metellus, who was...
6 KB (841 words) - 14:24, 30 January 2023
49–48: Metellus Scipio 47–46: Sextus Julius Caesar 46–44: Quintus Caecilius Bassus 45: Gaius Antistius Vetus 44: Lucius Staius Murcus 44–43: Quintus Marcius...
10 KB (352 words) - 15:19, 28 April 2024
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus - consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus - consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus - consul Quintus Caecilius...
80 KB (7,067 words) - 09:53, 9 September 2024
recycled antiquities like a Roman dedication, in Latin, to Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, a Roman proconsul in Greece who was noted for his suppression...
7 KB (675 words) - 12:31, 20 March 2024
visible on the Appian Way. She was daughter of the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. They had at least one son Marcus Licinius Crassus (consul...
10 KB (1,185 words) - 10:56, 16 April 2024
Caecilii Metelli family tree (redirect from Caecilius Metellus family tree)
century, with the consulship of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter in 284 BC. It was however Quintus Caecilius Metellus, consul in 143, who greatly improved...
8 KB (286 words) - 15:00, 3 July 2024
the Principate. He was consul in AD 7 as the colleague of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus. Silianus was born the second of three sons of Publius...
3 KB (265 words) - 23:39, 10 October 2023
children, but more likely he recognised the wisdom of leaving the position to Quintus Junius Blaesus, uncle of Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the powerful praetorian...
6 KB (589 words) - 10:31, 8 May 2024
its history. Crete was conquered for the Roman Republic by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus in 69 BC and united with the Cyrenaica in the province of...
24 KB (724 words) - 20:30, 25 August 2024
along the Via Sacra while they were campaigning on behalf of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus’ campaign for the praetorship. Both men had to take refuge...
2 KB (219 words) - 22:53, 18 May 2023
mentions it alongside Kydonia and Knossos as submitting to Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. Florus, Epitome of Roman History, 3.7. This article incorporates...
574 bytes (69 words) - 17:22, 13 February 2024