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109 BC (search for this): entry metellus-bio-18
Metellus Pius
19. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, Q. F. L. N., son of Numidicus [No. 14], received the surname of Pius on account of the love which he displayed for his father when he besought the people to recall him from banishment, in B. C. 99.
He was about twenty years of age when he accompanied his father to Numidia in B. C. 109.
He obtained the praetorship in B. C. 89, and was one of the commanders in the Marsic or Social war, which had broken out in the preceding year.
He defeated and slew in battle Q. Pompaedius, the leader of the Marsians in B. C. 88.
He was still in arms in B. C. 87, prosecuting the war against the Samnites, when Marius landed in Italy and joined the consul Cinna.
The senate, in alarm, summoned Metellus to Rome; and, as the soldiers placed more confidence in him than in the consul Octavius, they entreated him to take the supreme command shortly after his arrival in the city.
As he refused to comply with their request, numbers deserted to the enemy; and finding
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