Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (* between 190 BC and 185 BC, † 115 BC) was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC

Macedonicus was the eldest son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus, who had been consul in the year 206 BC. Metellus was a successful general who fought in the Third Macedonian War and brought the message of victory of Pydna to Rome. He secured the annexation of Macedonia in 146 BC as a Roman province - hence the cognomen Macedonicus - and built from the spoils the portico Metelli, which he embellished with stolen art works. For his success, he received a triumph.

154 he was elected tribune of the people, 148 praetor. As consul in 143 BC and proconsul in 142 BC Macedonicus fought successfully against the Celtiberian and conquered Contrebia. It is unclear whether he received a triumph for this. 136, he served as legate of Lucius Furius Philus in Spain, 133 he proposed a slave revolt in Minturnae down. 131 BC he was elected censor. As a conservative aristocrat, he was an opponent of the Gracchi. During his time as a censor, he made the marriage for Roman duty - a law that was never enforced. In the period from 140 until his death in 115 BC he was Augur. His four sons Quintus, Lucius, Marcus and Gaius reached all the consulate. He also had two daughters, Cecilia Metella, the mother of Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, and their eponymous sister Cecilia Metella, the wife of the consul of 111 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio.