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Cecilia Metella
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Alternate First Name: Caecilia
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Cecilia Metella is commemorated by a tomb at the third mile of the Via Appia, which William Henry Seward visited in 1859. She was the daughter of a high ranking Roman consul and later married a man that served under Julius Caesar. She is an otherwise unknown historical figure.
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Cecilia Metella is commemorated by a tomb at the third mile of the Via Appia, which William Henry Seward visited in 1859. She was the daughter of a high ranking Roman consul and later married a man that served under Julius Caesar. She is an otherwise unknown historical figure.
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http://omeka.wellesley.edu/piranesi-rome/exhibits/show/tomb-of-caecilia-metella/caecilia-metella
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http://omeka.wellesley.edu/piranesi-rome/exhibits/show/tomb-of-caecilia-metella/caecilia-metella
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http://omeka.wellesley.edu/piranesi-rome/exhibits/show/tomb-of-caecilia-metella/caecilia-metella