Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus - Other References

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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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