Metella
2 Mĕtella, (14) æ, f. , nom de femme : Cic. Sest. 101 ; Att. 12, 52, 2 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 239.
Metella
[Caecilia.]
Metella
Caecilia. (1) The daughter of L. Metellus Dalmaticus, consul B.C. 119. She was first married to M. Aemilius Scaurus, consul in 115, and afterwards to the dictator Sulla , who avenged upon Athens an affront put upon her by the Athenians ( Sulla, 6, 13, 22, 35). She fell ill in 81, during the celebration of Sulla 's triumphal feast; and as her recovery was hopeless, Sulla for religious reasons sent her a bill of divorce, and had her removed from his house, but honoured her memory with a splendid funeral.
(2) The daughter of Metellus Creticus, and daughter-in-law of Crassus, the triumvir. In her memory, the magnificent tomb on the Appian Way was erected.