acclamation
Ernst Badian
Vocal expressions of approval and good wishes in ritual form were an important part of Roman life, both private (e.g. at weddings) and public (for actors and the presiding magistrate at public ...
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Achaean Confederacy, Roman
Antony Spawforth
Permitted to reform after 146 bce, at first on a local basis only, the confederacy survived until at least the mid-3rd cent. ce, chiefly as a vehicle (from c.ce 50) for a federal *ruler-cult based at ...
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Acilius, Gaius, Roman senator and historian
Alexander Hugh McDonald
Acilius, Gaius Romansenator and historian, who interpreted for *Carneades, *Diogenes (3), and *Critolaus in the senate in 155 bce, wrote a history of Rome, in Greek, from early Italian ...
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Acilius Attianus, Publius
Anthony R. Birley
Acilius Attianus, Publius, from Italica, fellow townsman of *Hadrian, whose guardian he became in ce 85 (SHAHadr. 1. 4, where Caelium is a scribal error). Nothing more is known of his career before ...
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Acilius Glabrio, Manius (1), Roman consul, 191 BCE
John Briscoe
Acilius, Manius, a *novus homo, was tribune of the plebs 201 bce when he supported peace with Carthage on the terms agreed with *Scipio Africanus. Praetor 196, he suppressed a slave revolt in ...
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Acilius Glabrio, Manius (2), Roman tribune, 122 BCE
Ernst Badian
Acilius, Manius, grandson of (1), son-in-law of a Scaevola (probably Q. *Mucius Scaevola (1)), as tribune 122 bce passed a *repetundae law providing for *equites as jurors and making procedure more ...
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Acilius Glabrio, Manius (3), Roman consul, 67 BCE
Ernst Badian
Acilius, Manius, son of (2), as praetor repetundarum (70 bce) presided over *Verres' trial. Consul 67, he fought ineffectually against *Mithradates VI until superseded by *Pompey. ‘Lazy and ...
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Acilius Glabrio, Manius (4), Roman consul, 91 CE
Arnaldo Momigliano and Barbara Levick
Acilius, Manius, patrician and member of *Domitian's consilium (council of advisers); as consul in ce 91 he had to fight in the arena at Domitian's Alban estate (see alba longa) and was ...
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