Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus (b. c. 170 BC) was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus. He was a Consul in 123 BC and a Censor in 120 BC, dominated Sardinia and conquered the Balearic Islands - for what he earned his cognomen and the honours of Triumph - establishing at Palma and Pollentia two colonies of 3,000 Romans and Iberians.
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