Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 154 BC)

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Manius Acilius Glabrio was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

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Family

He was a member of gens Acilia. His father was Manius Acilius Glabrio, consul in 191 BC.[ citation needed ]

Career

In 181 BC, Acilius Glabrio completed the building of the Temple of Piety and dedicated it. In the temple he erected a statue of his father, the first in Rome made of gold. [1] In 166 BC, he served as aedile. In 165 BC, he helped to organize the Megalesian games. [2] In 154 BC, Acilius Glabrio was appointed suffect consul upon the premature death of Lucius Postumius Albinus. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Titus Livius, XL, 34
  2. ↑ Valerius Maximus, Famous Sayings, II, 5, 1
  3. ↑ Charles Ludwig Elvers, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. 1, p. 87


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