Manius Aquillius (Consul 129 BC)

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Manius Aquillius was one of the plebeian nobility of the Roman Republic politician . 129 BC He officiated as consul .

Life

Nothing is known about the early stages of the cursus honorum of Manius Aquillius, whose father and grandfather, according to the Acta Triumphalia, also used the prenomen Manius . Around 132 BC He became praetor and 129 BC. Consul together with Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus . As such, in Asia Minor he had to organize the confused situation caused by the revolt of the Pergamene pretender Aristonikos . Although the consul had already from 130 BC BC, Marcus Perperna , Aristonikos' rebellion was essentially suppressed, but his sudden death prevented him from finally settling the situation there, which task therefore now fell to Aquilius.

Aquillius only had to carry out minor military actions. Allegedly, he conquered some cities by poisoning their well water. Together with a commission of ten senators, he determined the boundaries of the new province of Asia . Since Mithridates V had supported the Romans in the fight against Aristonikos, he received Grand Phrygia as a reward from Aquillius , which he was allowed to incorporate into his kingdom. However, he is said to have helped by paying bribes to the consul.

Even after his consulate, Aquillius remained as proconsul in Asia Minor for two years . He had highways and connecting roads secured and repaired there; so far his name has been found on eleven milestones . Pergamon later brought him cultic veneration as an important benefactor. 126 BC Then Aquillius returned to Rome and, according to the Acta Triumphalia , got permission this year to celebrate a triumph based on his successes in Asia . Before 123 BC He was accused by the princeps senatus Publius Cornelius Lentulus of alleged bribery by Mithridates V, but acquitted. His later fates and the year of his death are unknown. The consul of the same name from 101 BC Was probably his son.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Strabon , Geographika 14,646; Iustinus Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 36,4,9 ff .; Eutropius , Breviary ab urbe condita 4.20.
  2. ↑ Florus , Epitoma de Tito Livio 2,34.
  3. ↑ Strabon, Geographika 14,646.
  4. ^ Appian , Mithridatic Wars 12 and 57; see. Iustinus, Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 37,1,2 and 38,5,3.
  5. ^ Christian Marek : History of Asia Minor in antiquity. CH Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-59853-1 , p. 324.
  6. ^ Cicero , Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 69; Appian, Civil Wars 1.22.
personal data
SURNAME Aquillius, Manius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aquilius, Manius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 129 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.