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Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 154 BC)

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Manius Acilius Glabrio was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Family

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He was a member of gens Acilia. His father was Manius Acilius Glabrio, consul in 191 BC.[citation needed]

Career

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In 181 BC, Acilius Glabrio completed the building of the Temple of Piety and dedicated it. In the temple he erected a statue of his father, the first in Rome made of gold.[1] In 166 BC, he served as aedile. In 165 BC, he helped to organize the Megalesian games.[2] In 154 BC, Acilius Glabrio was appointed suffect consul upon the premature death of Lucius Postumius Albinus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Titus Livius, XL, 34
  2. ^ Valerius Maximus, Famous Sayings, II, 5, 1
  3. ^ Charles Ludwig Elvers, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. 1, p. 87