Caecilia Metella (fl. 1st century BC ) was a Roman matron of the first century BC, who belonged to the powerful family of the Caecilii Metelli . She was possibly the mother of Clodius .
4-583: Caecilia Metella may refer to: Caecilia Metella (daughter of Balearicus) Caecilia Metella (daughter of Celer) Caecilia Metella (daughter of Delmaticus) , fourth wife of dictator Sulla Tomb of Caecilia Metella , on the Appian Way in Rome See also [ edit ] Caecilii Metelli [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
8-506: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caecilia_Metella&oldid=1010450121 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Caecilia Metella (daughter of Balearicus) Caecilia Metella
12-419: Was defended by the young Cicero , helped by Metella's nephews Metellus Celer and Metellus Nepos , in the celebrated speech Pro Roscio Amerino . This woman has been identified with the one who in 90 BC had a dream of Juno Sospita complaining about the neglect of her temple. Metella cleaned out the temple and was credited with saving the cult of Sospita. Author Colleen McCullough included Metella as
16-664: Was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus , consul in 123 BC. She was possibly married to Appius Claudius Pulcher , a politician of an old, somewhat impoverished, patrician family. As a member of an important family and married into another, Metella would be one of Rome's most esteemed matronas . Pulcher had six known children; three sons, Appius , Gaius and the famous Publius , and three girls; one who married Lucullus , one who married Quintus Marcius Rex , and one (known as Clodia ) who married Metellus Celer . During Sulla 's proscriptions, Metella sheltered Sextus Roscius after his father's murder. Later, Roscius
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