Manius Aquillius (consul 129 BC)

For the Manius Aquilius who was consul in 101 BC, see Manius Aquillius (consul 101 BC).

Manius Aquillius, member of the ancient Roman gens Aquillia, was Consul in 129 BC. He put an end to the war which had been carried on against Aristonicus, the son of Eumenes II king of Pergamon, and which had been almost terminated by his predecessor, Marcus Perperna. On his return to Rome, he was accused by Publius Lentulus of maladministration in his province, Asia (Roman province), but was acquitted by bribing the judges.[1] He obtained a triumph on account of his successes in Asia, but not until 126 BC.[2]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Florus, Histoire Romaine, iii. 1; Justin, Epitome, xxxvi. 4; Velleius Paterculus, Roman History, ii. 4; Cicero, On the Nature of Gods, ii. 5; ibid., Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 21; Appian, The Civil Wars, i. 22
  2. ↑ Fasti Triumphales

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Political offices
Preceded by
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus and Marcus Perperna
(Suffect: Appius Claudius Pulcher)		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus
129 BC 		Succeeded by
Titus Annius Rufus and Gnaeus Octavius
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