person
Caecilius Metellus
the Metelli
also: Metelli
The Caecilii Metelli, a powerful Republican house; cited as the family marked out by pietas (devotion), Metellus Pius being the byword.
Reading notes
- Panegyric to Trajan §88 the Metelli
The Caecilii Metelli, a great Republican house marked out by pietas (devotion); Metellus Pius bore the surname for his loyalty to his exiled father.