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This Flora, we are told, was such a celebrated beauty, that Caecilius Metellus, when he adorned the temple of Castor and Pollux with paintings and statues, among the rest dedicated hers for her singular beauty.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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He sought, and by the assistance of Caecilius Metellus, of whose family he as well as his father were dependents, obtained the office of tribune of the people.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Who did the Picentine upstart think he was, to answer on behalf of a Caecilius Metellus?
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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The Caecilius Metellus faction was in a minority, and neither Lucius Cotta nor Glabrio belonged to it; in fact, most of the Conscript Fathers were dying to see Cicero beat the system set up by Hortensius and the Metelli Little Goats to get Verres off.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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The delegation had hardly left his house before Cicero was regretting his decision; who needed to offend every Caecilius Metellus in Rome when his chances of becoming consul rested on the slender base of personal ability in the law courts?
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Though the Caecilius Metellus had not answered at all.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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So it cheered the Piglet immensely to know that he rode down the long road to Rome with a wise man, for he was a Caecilius Metellus and he had a foot in both camps, despite his personal choice of Sulla.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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What Caecilius Metellus ever born was more concerned with improving the machinery of government than his own standing?
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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I am a Caecilius Metellus, and not Romulus himself points a finger at me!
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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I am a Caecilius Metellus, and we were kings in Etruria before Rome was ever thought of!
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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