Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

ACIL2119 M'. Acilius (38) M'. f. M'. n. Glabrio

Life Dates

  • 111?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 54?, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

grandson of
Q. Mucius (21) Q. f. Q. n. Scaevola 'Augur' (cos. 117) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 239, Cic. Verr. I 51

M'. Acilius (36) M'. f. C. n. Glabrio (cos. suff. 154) (Badian 1990)
son of
Mucia (26) (daughter of Q. Mucius (21) Q. f. Q. n. Scaevola 'Augur' (cos. 117)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Verr. I 51

M'. Acilius (37) Glabrio (tr. pl.? 122) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Verr. I 51

married to
Aemilia (154) (daughter of M. Aemilius (140) M. f. L. n. Cam. Scaurus (cos. 115)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Sulla 33.3(4)

father of
? M'. Acilius (39) Glabrio (son of? M'. Acilius (38) M'. f. M'. n. Glabrio (cos. 67)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Pontifex? 81 to 54 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • The full list of the college of Pontifices, including the Flamen Martialis and the Flamen Quirinalis (no Flamen Dialis had been inaugurated since the death of Merula in 87) and the Pontifices Minores, as it was composed on September 29, 57, can be reconstructed from Cic. Har. Resp. 12: (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tribunus Plebis? 78 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 67. Tr. pl. 78? Keeping the mss reading # in Dio 36.41.1-2 (instead of accepting Holzl's emendation #), J.-M. David and M. Dondin date the incident when Acilius broke Lucullus' curule chair to the latter's praetorship in 78, and attribute to Acilius in that year an otherwise unattested tribunate (MEFRA 92, 1980, 199-213; cf. MRR 2.143). Censor 64? Mention in Fronto, ad Caes. 5.26 (41) and 5.27 (42), of an Acilius, censor, who imposed a nota on a tribune of the plebs, M. Lucilius, for imprisoning a Roman citizen against the judgment of his colleagues, led Borghesi to suggest that Acilius, Cos. 67, was the unknown censor, and that he was the colleague of L. Aurelius Cotta in 64 (Oeuvres completes, IV, Sull'ultima parte della serie de' censori romani, cited in C. Nicolet et al., Insula Sacra 111-112, note 3; cf. MRR 2.161). Although objection was raised that the censors of 64 were unable to complete the lection of the Senate, Suolahti (Censors 644-649) accepted that Acilius could have been censor in 64 or 61. With the discovery that L. Iulius Caesar (143). Cos. 64, was censor in 61, very probably with C. Scribonius Curio (10). Cos. 76, as his colleague (see C. Nicolet et al., Insula Sacra 149, and 84-96, 111-125), M. Dondin has made a strong case for Borghesi's suggestion (REL 57, 1979, 126-144). See below, on L. Iulius Caesar (143) and C. Scribonius Curio (10). On M. Lucilius (12), see MRR 2.470. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Praetor 70 repetundae, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Presided at the trial of Verres (Cic. Verr. 1.4 and 29 and 41 and 51-52; 2.1.30, and 5.76 and 163; Ps.-Ascon. 186, 220 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 330, 332 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 752, footnote 390 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 67 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.748, 2511; Cic. Phil. 2.12; Dio 36.12. 1, and 24.3; Chr. 354 (Pisone et Glabria); Fast. Hyd. (Pisone et Glabrione), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Piso, Ascon. 57 C; and on Glabrio, CIL 12.2.959; Dio 36.41.2. See Degrassi 131, 488f. Piso was strongly opposed to the proposals of the Tribune Gabinius (Dio 36.24.3; cf. Plut. Pomp. 25.4), to the recruitment of forces for Pompey (Dio 36.37.2-3; Plut. Pomp. 27.1), and the proposals of the Tribune Cornelius (Ascon. 58 C; Dio 36.38-39), and to counter the latter was compelled to carry a bribery law of his own (Cic. Corn. 1, fr. 23, and 45; Mur. 46 and 67 and 72-73; Tog. Cand. in Ascon. 88 C; Sall. Cat. 18.2; Ascon. 69, 75, 88 C; Dio 36.38-39; Schol. Bob. 78 Stangl; cf. Cic. Sull. 74). He was assigned the province of Transalpine Gaul during his consulship (Dio 36.37.2-3), and also the Cisalpine province (Cic. Att. 1.1.2; cf. Flacc. 98; Sall. Cat. 49.2; see Larsen, CPh 26 [1931] 427-429). He stopped Lollius Palicanus from his candidacy for the consulship (Val. Max. 3.8.3; cf. Cic. Att. 1.1.1). Glabrio supported his colleague's bribery law (Dio 36.38. 1), and under a law of Gabinius received command of Bithynia and Pontus (Cic. Leg. Man. 5 and 26; Sall. Hist. 5.13 M, Lex Gabinia; Dio 36.14.4, and 17.1; cf. App. Mith. 90, Asia; Eutrop. 6.9.3; Schol. Gron. 319 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 66 Bithynia, Pontus (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Bithynia and Pontus, but his inactive regime was quickly superseded by that of Pompey under the Manilian law (Cic. Leg. Man. 5 and 26; Plut. Pomp. 30. 1; App. Mith. 90, #; Dio 36.42-43; Schol. Gron. 316, and 321 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Censor? 61 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 67. Tr. pl. 78? Keeping the mss reading # in Dio 36.41.1-2 (instead of accepting Holzl's emendation #), J.-M. David and M. Dondin date the incident when Acilius broke Lucullus' curule chair to the latter's praetorship in 78, and attribute to Acilius in that year an otherwise unattested tribunate (MEFRA 92, 1980, 199-213; cf. MRR 2.143). Censor 64? Mention in Fronto, ad Caes. 5.26 (41) and 5.27 (42), of an Acilius, censor, who imposed a nota on a tribune of the plebs, M. Lucilius, for imprisoning a Roman citizen against the judgment of his colleagues, led Borghesi to suggest that Acilius, Cos. 67, was the unknown censor, and that he was the colleague of L. Aurelius Cotta in 64 (Oeuvres completes, IV, Sull'ultima parte della serie de' censori romani, cited in C. Nicolet et al., Insula Sacra 111-112, note 3; cf. MRR 2.161). Although objection was raised that the censors of 64 were unable to complete the lection of the Senate, Suolahti (Censors 644-649) accepted that Acilius could have been censor in 64 or 61. With the discovery that L. Iulius Caesar (143). Cos. 64, was censor in 61, very probably with C. Scribonius Curio (10). Cos. 76, as his colleague (see C. Nicolet et al., Insula Sacra 149, and 84-96, 111-125), M. Dondin has made a strong case for Borghesi's suggestion (REL 57, 1979, 126-144). See below, on L. Iulius Caesar (143) and C. Scribonius Curio (10). On M. Lucilius (12), see MRR 2.470. (Broughton MRR III)

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