page_title: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
section_title: In popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus / In popular culture
context_page_description: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus was a Praetor in 148 BC, Consul in 143 BC, Proconsul of Hispania Citerior in 142 BC and Censor in 131 BC.
context_section_description: Metellus was played by Gordon Mitchell in the 1961 film The Centurion.
  "Metellus raising the siege", a painting by Armand-Charles Caraffe, commemorates the legend of Metellus lifting the siege of Centobrigia in 142 BC, in order to spare the lives of innocents.
caption: Metellus raising the siege, now at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
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