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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (c. 95 – 46 BC), often referred to as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman senator and military commander. During the civil war between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction led by Pompey, he was a staunch supporter of the latter.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio was a Roman politician, a leading supporter of his son-in-law Pompey the Great in the power struggle between Pompey and Julius Caesar. The son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, Metellus was adopted by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, the son of Metellus.
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (c. 128 – 63 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. His father Metellus Numidicus was banished from Rome through the machinations of Gaius Marius . He, because of his constant and unbending attempts to have his father officially recalled from exile, was given the agnomen (nickname) Pius .
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a Roman general and statesman who supported Lucius Cornelius Sulla. He earned his surname Pius (signifying filial devotion) by his unremitting efforts in 99 bc to obtain the recall from exile of his father, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
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After Pompey's defeat, Cato joined the quarrelling Pompeians in Africa and reconciled them; he had Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio made general.
In Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, and Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, the consul designate for 69 and a formidable public speaker, Verres managed to recruit a group of defence advocates brimming with nobility and talent.
Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Quintus. Quick Reference. ( RE 99) consul 52 bc, was son of P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica (praetor 93; for the family see Cicero Brutus 211–12). He was adopted by Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, possibly ... From: Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Quintus in The Oxford Classical Dictionary » Subjects: Classical studies.
