Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 154 BC)
Manius Acilius Glabrio was a Roman politician in the second century BC.
Family
[edit]He was a member of gens Acilia. His father was Manius Acilius Glabrio, consul in 191 BC.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]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]
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