Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus (b. c. 170 BC) was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. He was a Consul in 123 BC and a Censor in 120 BC, dominated Sardinia and conquered the Balearic Islands - for what he earned his cognomen and the honours of Triumph - establishing at Palma de Mallorca a colony of 3,000 Romans and Iberians.

He was the father of:

• Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos
• Caecilia Metella/Caecilia Metella
• Caecilia Metella, wife of Appius Claudius Pulcher

[edit] Further reading

• Manuel Dejante Pinto de Magalhães Arnao Metello and João Carlos Metello de Nápoles, "Metellos de Portugal, Brasil e Roma", Torres Novas, 1998

Preceded by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Gaius Sextius Calvinus

Consul of the Roman Republic with Titus Quinctius Flamininus 123 BC

Succeeded by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Gaius Fannius

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