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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus

Metellus

also: Metellus, Q. Metellus

Consul of 109 BC who took over the Jugurthine command, restored the demoralized Roman army to discipline, and won the surname Numidicus; an able, incorruptible noble set against the popular party. Marius served under him as legate before supplanting him.

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The Jugurthine War hist · 35 mentions
The Histories hist · 1 mention

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