Acilia (gens)

The gens Acilia was a Roman family, or gens, that flourished from the middle of the third century BC until at least the fifth century AD, a period of seven hundred years. It was probably of plebeian origin, and the first two branches, or stirpes to appear were certainly plebeian. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gaius Acilius Glabrio, who was quaestor in 203 and tribune of the plebs in 197 BC.

The Acilii were particularly fond of the praenomina Manius, which they used more than any other. They also used the names Gaius, Lucius, Caeso, and Marcus.

The three main branches of the Acilii bore the cognomina Aviola, Balbus, and Glabrio. The Glabriones were the first family to appear in history, and they continued the longest. Both they and the Balbi were certainly plebeian, as many of them were tribunes of the plebs. A tomb of the Acilii Glabriones was found in Rome in 1888. The Glabriones also had a garden, the Horti Aciliorum, on the Pincian Hill in the 2nd century.

Members of this family have been identified from the Third century BC into the Fifth century AD. As Fergus Millar observed, "The one indubitable case of continuity from the republic to the fourth century is the Acilii Glabriones."

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 

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