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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus

Metellus Macedonicus

also: Metelli, Metellus

Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143 BC), conqueror of Macedonia, who built the Porticus Metelli at Rome and adorned it with a celebrated group of statues of the Muses (the 'Musae Metelli' of Fam. 7.23). Identification of the Metellus owner of the Muses is the standard scholarly view; flag if uncertain.

Reading notes

Ad Familiares 7.23 §2 the Muses of Metellus
The celebrated statue-group of the Muses housed in the Porticus Metelli at Rome, built by Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (cos. 143 BC); the gold standard against which Gallus rashly compared his Bacchae.
On the Ends of Good and Evil §5.82 Q. Metellus, who saw three sons made consuls
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus enjoyed a full career and saw his sons reach high office, a Roman type of the fortunate man. Piso contrasts his prosperous old age with Regulus's death by torture.
Laelius, On Friendship §77 estranged from our colleague Metellus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Scipio Aemilianus's great political rival; their public quarrel, Laelius notes, was conducted with restraint and without rancor, the model for ending a friendship over politics.