Gaius Coelius Caldus | |
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Nationality | Roman |
Office | Consul (94 BC) |
Gaius Coelius Caldus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 94 BC alongside his colleague Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.
In 107 BC, Coelius Caldus was elected tribune of the plebs and passed a lex tabellaria, which ordained that in cases of high treason in the courts of justice the voting should be secret with each voter marking their decision on a clay tablet.[2] Cicero stated that Caldus regretted this law as having been the source of injury to the republic.[3] He was a praetor in 100 or 99 BC, and proconsul of Hispania Citerior the following year.[4]
Coelius' portrait appears on a small series of Roman silver coins from the late republic.[5] Some of his coins feature the boar emblem of Clunia.[6]