Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
This law was abolished in 81 BC by Sulla in his dictatorship, in the "lex Cornelia de Sacerdotiis", which restored to the great priestly colleges their full right of "co-optatio". Also under Sulla, the number of pontifices was increased to fifteen, the "pontifex maximus" included, and Sulla nominated Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius as the next holder of the office – the only truly unelected "pontifex maximus" in history, since even the other pontiffs did not get a vote in the matter.