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Acilii
The gens Acilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, that flourished from the middle of the third century BC until at least the fifth century AD, a period of seven hundred years. The first of the gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; : gentes ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same ''nomen gentilicium'' and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens, sometimes identified by a distinct cognomen, was cal ... to achieve prominence was Gaius Acilius (tribune 197 BC), Gaius Acilius, who was quaestor in 203 and tribune of the plebs in 197 BC.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, p. 13 ("s:Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Acilia gens, Acilia Gens"). Praenomina The Acilii were particularly fond of the praenomen ''Manius (praenomen), Manius'', which they used more than any other. They also used the names ''Gaius (praenomen), Gaius, Lucius (praenomen), Lucius, Caeso (praenomen), Caeso'', and ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC)
Manius Acilius Glabrio was a plebeian Roman politician and general during the Republic. He served as consul in while Rome was at war with the Seleucid Empire. He defeated Emperor Antiochus the Great at Thermopylae, helping establish Roman unipolar control over the Mediterranean, and was awarded a triumph. Credible accusations that he had embezzled spoils from his conquests in Greece while consul caused him to withdraw from his attempt to run for censor, after which he largely retired from public life. He and his sonwho later served as suffect consulwere responsible for the construction of Rome's Temple of Piety beside the Forum Olitorium. One of its decorations was a gilt statue of Acilius Glabrio, the first such golden statue of a citizen in Rome. Name Manius was a less common praenomen of both patricians and plebeians, abbreviated at first as ꟿ and then as M'. The cognomen Glabrioapparently first ascribed to this figurederived from the Latin adjective ("smooth, sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
