Caecilia gens

This article is about a Roman family. For the order of limbless amphibians, see Caecilia and Caecilian.
Lucius Caecilius Jucundus, a Pompeian banker.

The gens Caecilia was a plebeian[i] family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the fifth century BC, but the first of the Caecilii who obtained the consulship was Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, in 284 BC.[1][2] The Caecilii Metelli were one of the most powerful families of the late Republic, from the decades before the First Punic War down to the time of Augustus.


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  1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 526 ("Caecilia Gens").
  2. ^ Livy, iv. 7.