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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Roman General and Statesman ( - 63 BCE)

Roman statesman and general named Pius for his efforts to return his father Numidicus from exile. Supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Pompey the Great. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-1229?rskey=H0W4FR&result=1 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Pius References in Documents:
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Q. Cæcilius Mettellus PIus.