Manius_Acilius_Glabrio_(consul_154_BC)

Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 154 BC)

Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 154 BC)

Roman politician in the second century BC

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

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]

References

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


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