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  Manius Acilius Glabrio (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manius Acilius Glabrio was a Roman consul in 67 BCE.
Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC), consul in 191 BCE
Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 91), consul in 91
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 272 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
29, Orelli.) Glabrio was born in the house of Cn.
48, Glabrio was one of Caesar's lieutenants, and commanded the garrison of Oricum in Epeirus (Caes.
To gain the favour of Domitian, Glabrio fought as a gladiator in the amphitheatre attached to the emperor's villa at Alba, and slew a lion of unusual size.
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In 189 Glabrio was a candidate for the censorship, but was bitterly opposed by the nobles.
He was accused by the tribunes of having concealed a portion of the Syrian spoils in his own house; his legate gave evidence against him, and he withdrew his candidature.
MANIUS AcILIUs GLABRIO, Roman statesman and general, grandson of the famous jurist P. Mucius Scaevola.
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 Glabrio, Manius Acilius - ChristWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Dio Cassius (lxvii, 12, 14) tells us, as also does Juvenal (Sat., iv, 94), that, during his consulship and before his banishment, Glabrio was forced by Domitian to fight with a lion and two bears in the amphitheatre adjoining the emperor's villa at Albanum.
Glabrio was involved in this trial and suffered under this indictment, so that we could have little doubt that he too was a Christian, even if we had not the archaeological evidence of which we shall now speak.
Glabrio was put to death in his place of exile, concerning the location of which we have no knowledge.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 270 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The last of the Glabriones who held the consulate was Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus, one of the supplementary consuls in a.
glabrio, was tri­bune of the plebs in b.
Lentulus, one of the consuls of that year, to the province of Africa, which a unanimous vote of the tribes had already decreed to P. Scipio Africanus I. (Liv.
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 Albano
Appii Forum and the Three Taverns, where St. Paul was met on his way to Rome by the brethren are not far distant (Acts, xxviii, 14,15).
In the very year of his consulate, Acilius Glabrio was compelled by Domitian to fight, unarmed, in the amphitheatre at Albano, a Numidian bear, according to Juvenal (Sat.
This same Acilius Glabrio is later included in a Christian group of the Flavian family as a molitor rerum novarum (Suet.
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 Acilius: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
...Acilius Acilius Several Romans had a nomen of Acilius : Acilius-Glabrio Acilius...Acilius Glabrio Acilius Glabrio Caius-Acilius Caius Acilius Caius Acilius Manius-Acilius-Aviola...
...Manius Acilius Glabrio Manius Acilius Glabrio Manius Acilius Glabrio, Roman statesman...
In the time of Leonidas the pass was a narrow track (probably...
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 Acilius fem Acilia was the nomen nomen of the gens...
Acilius fem Acilia was the nomen nomen of the gens...
The Glabriones also had a garden garden, the "Horti Aciliorum Horti Aciliorum", on the Pincian Hill Pincian Hill in the 2nd century 2nd century.
In biology biology, "Acilius Acilius" is a genus genus of water beetle water beetle (Dytiscidae).
www.biodatabase.de /Acilius   (133 words)

  
 Livy's History of Rome
When all the preparations were at last completed, Acilius issued an edict for a general muster at Brundisium by the 15th of May of the Roman soldiers whom L.
Masinissa's envoys stated that he was prepared to supply 50,000 modii of wheat and 300,000 of barley for the army in Greece, and 300,000 modii of wheat and 250,000 of barley for consumption in Rome.
[36.22]While Acilius was at Thermopylae he sent a message to the Aetolians, advising them, now that they had found out how empty the king's promises were, to return to a right mind and think about delivering up Heraclea and begging pardon of the senate for their madness and delusion.
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 Livy: the Periochae of Books 36-40   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
With the help of king Philip [V of Macedonia], consul Acilius Glabrio defeated [the Seleucid] king Antiochus [III the Great] at Thermopylae, expelled him from Greece, and subdued the Aetolians.
Acilius Glabrio de Antiocho, quem Graecia expulerat, et de Aetolis triumphavit.
Manius Acilius Glabrio celebrated a triumph over Antiochus, whom he had expelled from Greece, and the Aetolians.
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 Acilius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manius Acilius Glabrio, consul in 191 BC, winner of the battle of Thermopylae;
Manius Acilius Balbus, two consuls, in 150 BC and 114 BC;
This page was last modified 14:10, 15 July 2006.
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 The Church in Rome in the First Century (xii.ii)
Among the broken inscriptions of many members of this noble family one finds the names of Acilius Glabrio and of Priscilla.
The existence of this elaborately decorated burial-place containing a large number of sarcophagi seems to point to M’ Acilius Glabrio, the Consul of 91 A.D. who was accused of ‘atheism and Jewish manners’ and put to death by Domitian, having been a Christian.
It has been conjectured therefore that the Priscilla after whom the cemetery is named, and who must have been the owner of the property beneath which the excavations were made (property which was part of the extensive possessions of the Acilii Glabriones) was a near relative—aunt or sister—of the victim of Domitian.
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 CSCP - CLC - Book 4 - Stage 35
For many Romans, the daily grind of living and working in Rome stands in stark contrast to the gentle, rural pleasures of rus - the countryside.
Indeed, city life is all too stressful for Acilius Glabrio, a member of one of the noblest Roman families, who grumbles about it to his friend, Helvidius Lupus.
He ominously warns Glabrio to tread carefully around "a very dangerous man", revealing his family's infamous hostility towards the Roman Emperors.
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 IngentaConnect Cato Orationes 66 and the Case against M.' Acilius Glabrio in 189...
IngentaConnect Cato Orationes 66 and the Case against M.' Acilius Glabrio in 189...
Cato Orationes 66 and the Case against M.' Acilius Glabrio in 189 B.C.E
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 Tentative
Manius Acilius Glabrio was consul in 67 BC and did fight against Mithradates VI, but he was completely ineffectual and superseded by Pompey.
Diodorus Siculus, Appian, and Cicero all refer to Acilius but I don't have access to these citations.
That scamp Strabo, I suspect, was trying to entice me into swooping by the answer he gave and properly should ask the next question, which will be better than mine, in any event.
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 The Ultimate Thermopylae - American History Information Guide and Reference
Two other famous battles took place at the pass.
In 279 BC Brennus and the Gauls were checked for several months by a Greek army under the Athenian Calippus, and in 191 BC Antiochus III the Great of Syria attempted in vain to hold the pass against the Romans under Manius Acilius Glabrio.
In the time of Leonidas in 480 BC the pass was a narrow track (probably about 14 yards wide) under the cliff.
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 Robin on Acle Coins - Coin Details - Mn, Acilius Glabrio
Robin on Acle Coins - Coin Details - Mn, Acilius Glabrio
K and B Produce (Herbs, Spices and Botanicals)
This Triumvir Monetale is said to have beel closely associated with Caesar Reverse off-centre F
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 RNDnet's Ancient Rome - The Rulers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
191 P.Cornelius Scipio Nasica - M' Acilius Glabrio
114 C.Porcius Cato - M. (o M') Acilius Balbus
suff L. Autronius Paetus poi L. Flavius - C. Fonteius Capito poi M. Acilius Glabrio poi L. Vinicius poi Q.Laronius
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 Pontus, A History of, Part Five
Manius Acilius Glabrio, and C. Piso, had been elected consuls at Rome.
The arrival of the consul Acilius Glabrio added still more to their
where Acilius commanded, should be charged with making war upon the kings
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