- Quintus Metellus Celer
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Quintus Metellus Celer was a brother-in-law of Pompey the Great who served with Pompey during his eastern campaigns.[1] He was a Roman tribune in the 1st century BC and a correspondent of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In opposition to Cato the Younger, Metellus tried to draft a law recalling Pompey from Asia.[2]
In 63 BC Cicero, serving a consul, was attacked by Quintus Metellus Nepos, the brother of Celer. The substance of the charge was Cicero's lineage as a nouus homo, or non-noble family. Cicero responded to Nepos' attack and was joined in his counter charge by Celer, who was serving proconsular governor of Gaul.[3]
References
- ^ The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, Erich S. Gruen, University of California Press, 1995, pg. 58.
- ^ The Life and Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Henry G. Hohn, London, England, 1848, pg. 334.
- ^ The World of Rome: an introduction to Roman culture, Peter V. Jones and Kenneth C. Sidwell, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pg. 104.
Categories:- Ancient Roman politicians
- 1st-century BC Romans
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