person
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos
Metellus Nepos
also: Q. Metellus, Nepos
Tribune 62 BC (blocked Cicero's farewell consular speech); consul 57 BC (withdrew opposition to Cicero's recall); governor of Hither Spain 56--55 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 3.22 §2 Metellus
Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos, the other consul of 57 BC and a former enemy of Cicero, whose hostility Atticus was working to soften.
- Ad Atticum 3.24 §2 Metellus, who was setting aside his quarrel with me
Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos, consul of 57 and an old adversary of Cicero from 62 BC, was now publicly burying that feud to let the recall proceed.
- Ad Atticum 4.7 §2 Of Metellus
Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57), who had recently died. Cicero, no friend of his, checks himself with a Homeric tag against speaking ill of the dead, then reassures Atticus about a debt secured on Cicero's guarantee.
- Ad Familiares 5.1 §1 my brother Metellus
Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos, Celer's brother and tribune of the plebs in 62 BC, whose clash with the outgoing consul Cicero this letter protests. Celer writes as proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul to complain that Cicero has assailed Nepos's standing.
- Ad Familiares 5.2 §7 he stripped me of the power of holding a public meeting
As tribune, Nepos vetoed the customary farewell address of the outgoing consul, allowing Cicero only to swear the exit oath. Cicero turned it into a coup by swearing instead that he had saved the republic, an oath the crowd loudly ratified.
- Ad Familiares 5.4 §2 You conquered yourself in giving up your own enmities to the commonwealth
Nepos had clashed bitterly with Cicero as tribune in 62 BC but, as consul in 57, set the feud aside and allowed the recall to proceed. Cicero presses him not to be dragged back into others' (i.e. Clodius's) hostility.