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For his son and tribune of the plebs in 62 BC, see Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 57 BC).

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (c. 135 BC – 55 BC) was a senator and consul.

Metellus Nepos was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus. He served as praetor some time before the year 100 BC and possibly as aedile c. 104 BC.

He was elected consul in 98 BC with Titus Didius as his colleague. During his consulship, he brought legislation, the leges Caeciliae-Didiae, which required bills brought before the assemblies to have only one topic and mandated that three market days must elapse between a bill's presentation and a vote thereon.

Metellus Nepos married Licinia Prima, after she had divorced the Pontifex Maximus Quintus Mucius Scaevola, with whom she had a daughter Mucia Tertia. Licinia and Metellus Nepos had two children:

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Quinto Cecilio Metelo Nepote (cónsul 98 a. C.) para niños

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Preceded by
Marcus Antonius		 Roman consul
98 BC
with Titus Didius		 Succeeded by
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus
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