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Marcus Caecilius Metellus

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Marcus Caecilius Metellus was a name used by some men of the gens Caecilia during the Roman Republic, including:

  • Marcus Caecilius Metellus, a praetor in 206 BC.
  • Marcus Caecilius Metellus, a consul in 115 BC.
  • Marcus Caecilius Metellus, a praetor in 69 BC who presided over the quaestio de repetundis, a standing tribunal of senatorial iudices (juror-judges) for investigating and deciding cases of extortion.[1] Verres, who was prosecuted by Cicero, had hoped to have his trial postponed until Caecilius Metellus was presiding over the court.[2]

Marcus was less frequent as a praenomen for the Caecilii Metelli than Lucius or especially Quintus.

References

  1. ^ George Mousourakis, The Historical and Institutional Context of Roman Law (Ashgate, 2003), p. 224.
  2. ^ Cicero, In Verrem 1.21, 23, 26–31; Pseudo-Asconius 212–215 and 215 (edition of Stangl; Schol. Gron. 337 and 350 (Stangl); T.R.S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (American Philological Association, 1952), vol. 2, pp. 131–132.
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