Caecilia Metella, (fl. 1st century BC), elder daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, was a Vestal Virgin and a Priestess of the Goddess Juno Sospita. During Sulla's lifetime, Metella was the protectress of one Sextus Roscius, defended by Cicero and her nephews Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior in the celebrated defense Pro Roscius. This case made Cicero's reputation, and enabled him to climb to the consulate.

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  • Caecilia Metella, (fl. 1st century BC), elder daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, was a Vestal Virgin and a Priestess of the Goddess Juno Sospita. During Sulla's lifetime, Metella was the protectress of one Sextus Roscius, defended by Cicero and her nephews Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior in the celebrated defense Pro Roscius. This case made Cicero's reputation, and enabled him to climb to the consulate. Her date of death is not known, but she appears to have outlived Sulla, who died in 78 BC. Among her sister's six children were the notably iconoclastic Clodia and the patrician-turned-demagogue Publius Clodius.
  • Con la sua influenza riuscì a salvare il giovane Giulio Cesare dall'ira del dittatore Lucio Cornelio Silla, che lo aveva condannato a morte per aver rifiutato di divorziare Cornelia Cinna Minore. Fu anche la protettrice di Sesto Roscio, difeso da Cicerone e dai suoi nipoti Quinto Cecilio Metello Celeree Quinto Cecilio Metello Nepote Minore nella celebrata orazione Pro Roscius.
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  • Caecilia Metella, (fl. 1st century BC), elder daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, was a Vestal Virgin and a Priestess of the Goddess Juno Sospita. During Sulla's lifetime, Metella was the protectress of one Sextus Roscius, defended by Cicero and her nephews Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior in the celebrated defense Pro Roscius. This case made Cicero's reputation, and enabled him to climb to the consulate.
  • Con la sua influenza riuscì a salvare il giovane Giulio Cesare dall'ira del dittatore Lucio Cornelio Silla, che lo aveva condannato a morte per aver rifiutato di divorziare Cornelia Cinna Minore. Fu anche la protettrice di Sesto Roscio, difeso da Cicerone e dai suoi nipoti Quinto Cecilio Metello Celeree Quinto Cecilio Metello Nepote Minore nella celebrata orazione Pro Roscius.
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  • Caecilia Metella (priestess)
  • Cecilia Metella Balearica Maggiore
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