Manius Aquillius (101 BC)

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Manius Aquillius, member of the ancient Roman gens Aquillia, was consul in 101 BC.

Probably a son of Manius Aquillius consul in 129 BC, he conducted the war against the slaves in Sicily, who had revolted a second time under Athenion. Aquilius completely subdued the insurgents, and got a triumph in Rome in 100 BC1. In 98 BC, Aquillius was accused by Lucius Fufius of maladministration in Sicily; In the trial he was defended by Marcus Antonius Orator, and, even if there were strong proofs of his guilt, he was acquitted because of his bravery in the war2. In 88 BC he went into Asia as one of the con­sular legates to prosecute the war against Mithridates VI of Pontus and his allies. He was defeated near Protostachium, and was afterwards delivered up to Mithridates by the inhabitants of Mytilene. Mithridates treated him in the most barbarous manner, and eventually put him to death by pouring molten gold down his throat3.


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1 Florus, iii.19 ; Livy, Epitomes 69; Diodorus Siculus. xxxvi. Eel. 1; Cicero, In Verrem iii. 54, v. 2; Fasti Capitolini.
2 Cicero, Brutus 52, De Officiis ii. 14, pro Plancio. 39, de Oratore. 28,47.
3 Appian, Mithridatic Wars. 7, 19, 21; Livy, Epitomes 77; Velleius Paterculus ii. 18; Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia 5 ; Athen. v. p. 213, b.


This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).

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