Lucius Caecilius Metellus

• Preferred Name: Lucius Caecilius Metellus^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Dictator244 BC
  
• FSID: GVV2-52F
  
• Occupation: participated in an Embassy to some Eastern states140 BC—139 BC with note: Wikiwand: Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
  
• Occupation: Roman consul251 BC
  
• Death: aproximadamente 0221 AC
  
• Occupation: He was first a Praetor. with note: Wikiwand: Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
  
• Occupation: a Legate140 BC—139 BC with note: Wikiwand: Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
  
• Occupation: Governor of Hispania142 BC with note: Wikiwand: Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
  
• Birth: 0290 AC in Roma, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.9 LONG: E2.4833
  
• Occupation: Pontifex maximus243 BC
  
• Occupation: Consul of Rome142 BC
  
• Occupation: a Proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul141 BC with note: Wikiwand: Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
  
• Notes:

  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Caecilius_Metellus_(consul_251_BC) ===
  Caecilia (gens)
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Caecilius_Metellus_Calvus ===
  Iustin. XXXVIII 8, 8
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Caecilius_Metellus_(consul_251_BC)

1. Title: Graduate Thesis BYU
   Author: page 230
   Publication: Name: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3502&context=etd;
   
2. Title: Wikiwand: Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lucius_Caecilius_Metellus_Calvus;
   Note: 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 he became a Proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul in 141 BC, and in 140 BC—139 BC he was a Legate. In 140 BC—139 BC Calvus participated in an Embassy to some Eastern states.
   
3. Title: Wikipedia - Gens Caecilius
   Author: Polybius, Historiae (The Histories). Marcus Tullius Cicero, Divinatio in Quintum Caecilium, Epistulae ad Atticum, Epistulae ad Familiares, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem, Post Reditum in Senatu, Pro Milone, Pro Sulla. Quintus Tullius Cicero, De Petitione Consulatus (attributed). Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili (Commentaries on the Civil War). Cornelius Nepos, De Viris Illustribus (On the Lives of Famous Men). Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome. Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings). Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan), Pharsalia.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilia_gens;
   Note: Lucius Caecilius Q. f. L. n. Metellus, surnamed Calvus, consul in 142 BC. Quintus Caecilius Q. f. Q. n. Metellus, consul in 123 and censor in 120 BC, conquered the Balearic Islands, receiving the surname Balearicus, and founded several cities there. Lucius Caecilius L. f. Q. n. Metellus, surnamed Delmaticus, consul in 119, triumphed over the Dalmati, and later became Pontifex Maximus.
   
4. Title: Wikipedia - Lucius Caecilius Metellus
   Author: Polybius. The Histories, I.40.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Caecilius_Metellus_(consul_251_BC);
   Note: Lucius Caecilius Metellus (c. 290 BC – 221 BC) was the son of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter. He was Consul in 251 BC and 247 BC, Pontifex Maximus in 243 BC and Dictator in 224 BC[citation needed]. He defeated the Carthaginian general Hasdrubal at the celebrated Battle of Panormus, a turning point of the First Punic War which led to Roman domination of Sicily. In that battle, after which he received the Honours of the Triumph, he defeated thirteen enemy generals and captured one hundred and twenty elephants, some of which he exhibited to the Roman people.[1] In this battle, so decisive for Rome, the Carthaginian advantage was subdued by luring the enemy to terrain where staked ditches had been dug. This, coupled with the element of surprise and a quick counter-attack, allowed the Roman infantry to rout the attacking Carthaginians. While Metellus was Pontifex Maximus, a fire destroyed the Temple of Vesta and threatened to destroy the Palladium and other sacred objects. Lucius Caecilius Metellus, without hesitating, threw himself amidst the flames and reappeared with the tutelary symbol of the first Rome. However, his eyes were badly injured by the intense heat and he went blind, for which the Senate granted him the privilege of going by chariot to the Curia. In memory of that noble achievement of their ancestor, the Caecilii started to mint the image of Pallas on their consular coins. He was the father of Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Quintus Caecilius Metellus and Marcus Caecilius Metellus.