Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter in the context of "Caecilii Metelli"

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Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter was consul in 284 BC, and praetor the year after. In this capacity, he fell in the war against the Senones and was succeeded by Manius Curius Dentatus.

Fischer, in his Römische Zeittafeln, lists him as praetor and also as dying in 285 BC; however, the following year, he has him again as consul. Wilhelm Drumann denies the identity of the consul and the praetor, because it was not customary for a person to hold the praetorship the year after his consulship. Examples of such a mode of proceeding do occur, so Drumann's objection fails.

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👉 Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter in the context of Caecilii Metelli

The gens Caecilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the fifth century BC, but the first of the Caecilii who obtained the consulship was Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, in 284 BC. The Caecilii Metelli were one of the most powerful families of the late Republic, from the decades before the First Punic War down to the time of Augustus.

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Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter in the context of Lucius Caecilius Metellus (consul 251 BC)

Lucius Caecilius Metellus (c. 290 BC – 221 BC) was the son of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter. He was consul in 251 BC and 247 BC, Pontifex Maximus beginning about 243 BC and Dictator in 224 BC.

In 250 BC, his consular powers were prorogued; then, as proconsul, he defeated the Carthaginian general Hasdrubal at the celebrated Battle of Panormus, a turning point of the First Punic War which led to Roman domination of Sicily. In that battle, after which he received the Honours of the Triumph, he defeated thirteen enemy generals and captured one hundred and twenty elephants, some of which he exhibited to the Roman people.

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Roman consul → Praetor → Senones → Manius Curius Dentatus → Wilhelm Drumann →