Name Lucius Metellus Role Statesman | ||
Parents Quintus Caecilius Metellus Children Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Caecilia Metella Calva Great grandchildren Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica Great-grandparents Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter People also search for Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus | ||
Grandparents Lucius Caecilius Metellus |
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.
Children
Calvus' children were:
He might also have been with more certainties the father of another Caecilius Metellus, the father of Quintus Caecilius Metellus.
References
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