- Acilius
"This article is about the Roman family. For the genus of
diving beetle s, seeAcilius (genus) "Acilius (fem. Acilia) was the
nomen of the "gens Acilia", apatrician family ofancient Rome . Branches of the family included the AciliiAviola , the Acilii Balbi and the AciliiGlabriones — the last two were of plebeian descent, since many of them becametribune of the plebs .A tomb of the Acilii Glabriones was found in Rome in
1888 . The Glabriones also had agarden , the "Horti Aciliorum ", on thePincian Hill in the2nd century .* Manius Acilius Glabrio, consul in
191 BC , winner of the battle of Thermopylae;
*Gaius Acilius , senator, around155 BC
*Manius Acilius Aviola
*Manius Acilius Balbus , two consuls, in150 BC and114 BC ;
*Manius Acilius Faustinus
*Manius Acilius Glabrio , statesmen, around70 BC
*Manius Acilius Rufus
*Manius Acilius Severus Biology
* In
biology , "Acilius" is agenus ofwater beetle (Dytiscidae).
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