Lucius_Caecilius_Metellus_(tribune_49_BC)

Lucius Caecilius Metellus (tribune 49 BC)

Lucius Caecilius Metellus (tribune 49 BC)

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This article is about the tribune during Caesar's civil war. For other people named "Lucius Caecilius Metellus", see Lucius Caecilius Metellus (disambiguation).

Lucius Caecilius Metellus was tribune of the plebs in 49 BC, when he vetoed Julius Caesar's raiding of the Roman state treasury during Caesar's Civil War. Plutarch claims that Metellus' life was threatened when he interposed his veto.[1]

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    Goldsworthy, Adrian (2006). Caesar: Life of a Colossus. Yale University Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-300-13919-8.


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