Acidinus

For others of this gens, see Manlia (gens). For other Manlii with the cognomen "Acidinus", see Acidinus (cognomen).

Manlius Acidinus was a young man of ancient Rome who was going to pursue his studies at Athens at the same time as a young Cicero, in 45 BC.^[1] He is perhaps the same Acidinus who sent intelligence to Cicero respecting the death of Marcellus.^[2][3]

References

1. Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum, xii. 32
2. Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Epistulae ad Familiares iv. 12
3. Smith, William (1867), "Acidinus (4)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1, Boston, MA, p. 13

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