person
Lucius Metellus
also: L. Metellus, L. Metelli, L. Metello
L. Caecilius Metellus, praetor 71 BC and Verres's successor as governor of Sicily 70-69. Brother of Q. Metellus (cos. 69) and M. Metellus (the iudex quaestionis in the trial). His arrival in the province broke many of Verres's arrangements (Verr. 2.1.154; 2.3.123; 2.5.55) but he is treated by Cicero as an obstructive partisan. Consul 68 BC; died in office.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 9.6 §3 Lucius Metellus, tribune of the people
A tribune of the plebs of 49 named L. Caecilius Metellus, who soon afterward famously tried to stop Caesar plundering the treasury at Rome. He receives news of the crossing from Clodia, his mother-in-law, who had herself sailed with the Pompeians.