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In Juvenal's eighth satire, he speaks about virtue alone making one truly noble, rather than an inherited name. He uses a few cognomens to illustrate his point, including that of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus.
Preceded by Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Quintus Hortensius 69 BCE |
Succeeded by Lucius Caecilius Metellus and Quintus Marcius Rex |
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