Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus

Coin minted by Q. Caecilius Metellus, c. 155–149 BC.[1]

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (c. 188 BC – 116 BC/115 BC) was a statesman and general of the Roman Republic during the second century BC. He was praetor in 148 BC, consul in 143 BC, the Proconsul of Hispania Citerior in 142 BC and censor in 131 BC. He got his agnomen, Macedonicus, for his victory over the Macedonians in the Fourth Macedonian War.

  1. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 253 (n°211/1).

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