person
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.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §43 Metellus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus (later Numidicus), consul of 109 BC, who took the Numidian command, rebuilt the army's discipline, and pressed the war Marius would finish.
Mentioned in 2 works (36 mentions)
The Jugurthine War
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