Lucius Caecilius Metellus was tribune of the plebs in 49 BC, when he vetoed Julius Caesar's raiding of the Roman state treasury during Caesar's Civil War. Plutarch claims that Metellus' life was threatened when he interposed his veto.[1]
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- ^ Goldsworthy, Adrian (2006). Caesar: Life of a Colossus. Yale University Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-300-13919-8.
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