Person
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica
Roman politician and general
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (ca.
100/98 BCE – 46 BCE), in modern scholarship often as Metellus Scipio, is a Roman consul and military commander in the Late Republic.
During the civil war between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction led by Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great"), he remains a staunch optimate.
He leads troops against Caesar's forces, mainly in the battles of Pharsalus and Thapsus, where he is defeated.
He later commits suicide.