Acilia (gens)

The gens Acilia was a Roman family, or gens that flourished from the middle of the third century BC until at least the fifth century AD, a period of seven hundred years. It was probably of plebeian origin, and the first two branches, or stirpes to appear were certainly plebeian. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Acilius Glabrio, who was quaestor in 203 and tribune of the plebs in 197 BC.^[1]

Praenomina

The Acilii were particularly fond of the praenomina Manius, which they used more than any other. They also used the names Gaius, Lucius, Caeso, and Marcus.^[1]

Branches and cognomina

The three main branches of the Acilii bore the cognomina Aviola, Balbus, and Glabrio. The Glabriones were the first family to appear in history, and they continued the longest. Both they and the Balbi are were certainly plebeian, as many of them were tribunes of the plebs. A tomb of the Acilii Glabriones was found in Rome in 1888. The Glabriones also had a garden, the Horti Aciliorum, on the Pincian Hill in the 2nd century.^[1]

Members

This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

• Gaius Acilius Glabrio, quaestor in 203 and tribunus plebis in 197 BC.
• Manius Acilius C. f. L. n. Glabrio, consul in 191 BC.
• Manius Acilius M'. f. C. n. Glabrio, consul suffectus in 154 BC.
• Manius Acilius M'. f. Glabrio (second century BC), tribunus plebis, and author of the lex Acilia de Repetundis.^[2][3]
• Manius Acilius M'. f. M'. n. Glabrio, consul in 67 BC.
• Manius Acilius M'. f. M'. n. Glabrio (b. 81 BC), lieutenant of Caesar.
• Manius Acilius Glabrio, consul in AD 91, put to death by Domitian.
• Manius Acilius L. f. K. n. Balbus, consul in 150 BC.
• Manius Acilius M. f. L. n. Balbus, consul in 114 BC.
• Manius Acilius Aviola, consul suffectus in 33 BC.
• Acilius Aviola, legate in Gallia Lugdunensis under Tiberius in AD 21.
• Acilius Lucanus, a notable lawyer at Corduba in the province of Hispania Baetica.^[4]
• Acilia Lucana, wife of Marcus Annaeus Mela, and the mother of the poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus.^[4]
• Manius Acilius Aviola, consul in AD 54.^[1]
• Manius Acilius Rufus, consul suffectus ex Kal. Jul. in AD 102.^[1]
• Acilius Severus, consul in AD 323.^[1]
• Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus, consul suffectus in AD 438.

See also

• List of Roman gentes

References

1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor
2. Marcus Tullius Cicero, In Verrem, Act. Pr. 17, ii. 1, 9.
3. Pseudo-Asconius, in Act. I. Verr. p. 149, in Act. II. Verr. p. 165, ed. Orelli.
4. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor (s. v. M. Annaeus Mela).

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.