Manius Aquillius (101 BC)
Manius Aquillius, member of the ancient
Roman gens Aquillia, was
consul in
101 BC.
Probably a son of
Manius Aquillius consul in 129 BC, he conducted the war against the slaves in Sicily, who had revolted a second time under
Athenion. Aquilius completely subdued the insurgents, and got a
triumph in Rome in
100 BC. In
98 BC, Aquillius was accused by
Lucius Fufius of maladministration in Sicily; In the trial he was defended by
Marcus Antonius Orator, and, even if there were strong proofs of his guilt, he was acquitted because of his bravery in the war. In
88 BC he went into Asia as one of the consular legates to prosecute the war against
Mithridates VI of Pontus and his allies. He was defeated near Protostachium, and was afterwards delivered up to Mithridates by the inhabitants of
Mytilene. Mithridates treated him in the most barbarous manner, and eventually put him to death by pouring molten gold down his throat.
*
Smith, William (editor);
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,
"Aquillius (2)",
Boston, (1867)
Florus,
iii.19 ;
Livy,
Epitomes 69;
Diodorus Siculus. xxxvi. Eel. 1;
Cicero,
In Verrem iii. 54, v. 2;
Fasti Capitolini. Cicero,
Brutus 52,
De Officiis ii. 14,
pro Plancio. 39,
de Oratore.
28,47.
Appian,
Mithridatic Wars.
7, 19, 21; Livy,
Epitomes 77;
Velleius Paterculus ii. 18; Cicero,
Pro Lege Manilia 5 ; Athen. v. p. 213, b.
