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MANIUS AQUILLIUS

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MANIUS

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AQUILLIUS  ,
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Roman
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general,
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consul in for B.C . He successfully put down a revolt of the slaves under Athenion in
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Sicily . After his return, being accused of
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extortion, he was acquitted on
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account of his military services, although there was little doubt of his
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guilt . In 88 he acted as
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legate against
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Mithradates the
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Great, by whom he was defeated and taken prisoner . Mithradates treated him with great
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cruelty, and is said to have put him to
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death by pouring molten
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gold down his
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throat . Diodorus Siculus
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xxxvi . 3;
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Appian, Mithrid. ii . 17 . 21; Vell . Paterculus ii . 18;
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Cicero,
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Verres, iii . 54, De Offcciis, ii .

14, Tusc. v . 5 .

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