197:– not yet known to be responsible for the conspiracy – and Catiline attempted to place himself into the custody of the magistrates. Celer, Catiline's third choice, refused to take him; Paullus regardless never brought charges. As part of the response to the conspiracy's force mustering publicly in the Etruria, Celer was assigned to
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These victories for Celer, however, saw Pompey join a political alliance with the next year's consul, Gaius Julius Caesar, and
Crassus. When Caesar's consulship began in 59 BC, Celer opposed the three allies. He died unexpectedly in April 59 BC prior to taking up a proconsulship Transalpine
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Flavius had Celer thrown into jail and attempted to keep him there by sitting on a bench before the door. Celer, intending to stay the night, had his allies cut a hole in the wall so that senators could attend to him. Pompey, afraid
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266:, a Pompeian ally, was his consular colleague. Prior to 62 BC, Celer and his brother Nepos had supported Pompey's political position at Rome while Pompey was on campaign. By 60 BC, the two had turned against Pompey in part because Pompey had divorced Celer's sister
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of 66 BC, challenged his rival's actions: instead of approving Pompey's settlements as a whole, Lucullus stalled the entire process by having each element reviewed in committee before separate votes on each part. In this, Lucullus was supported by Celer,
270:. The divorce came shortly after Pompey's return to Italy in December 62 BC as part of Pompey's attempts to realign himself politically. However, the divorce – amid claims of infidelity – harmed the public reputation and
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Caecilii Metelli: the two brothers of Mucia, Celer and Nepos, took this slight very seriously. While Dio claims that Pompey supported Celer's consular campaign, this familial quarrel makes Dio's claim unlikely.
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against Cicero and the majority in the senate. Nepos as plebeian tribune had attempted to use force in the assemblies to transfer the anti-Catilinarian command from the consul
Antonius to Pompey; this triggered a
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216:. After Catiline's involvement became clear and he fled Rome, Celer played an important role in the campaign suppressing the conspiracy. He blocked Catiline's army from escaping Italy across the
301:. The combined political influence of the four allies was able to prevent Pompey from securing any of his main goals. Celer also opposed Crassus' attempts to reduce the taxes expected from the
47:. Prior to 62 BC, he was an ally of Pompey and had served as urban praetor in 63, augur by 63 BC, possibly aedile in 67 BC, and plebeian tribune in either 72 or 68 BC.
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422:, p. 539: "Leg., Lieut.? 78, Tr. Pl. ? 68? ... Aed. Pl. 67 ?? ... Leg., Lieut. 66, Pr. 63, Procos. Cisalp. Gaul 62, Cos. 60, Augur before 63–59".
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of the political blowback of holding the consul like a political prisoner, had
Flavius set Celer free. Celer also opposed the attempts of his brother-in-law,
538:, p. 278. "The spectacle was a farce – and designedly so. Caesar and his associates concerned themselves with demonstration... rather than conviction".
337:, the consul of 98 BC, and the adoptive son of the homonymous Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer who was plebeian tribune in 90 BC and aedile
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