MANIUS See also:

• MANIUS AQUILLIUS

AQUILLIUS  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul in for B.C . He successfully put down a revolt of the slaves under Athenion in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . After his return, being accused of See also:

• EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

extortion, he was acquitted on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his military services, although there was little doubt of his See also:

• GUILT

guilt . In 88 he acted as See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate against See also:

• MITHRADATES

Mithradates the See also:

• GREAT

Great, by whom he was defeated and taken prisoner . Mithradates treated him with great See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty, and is said to have put him to See also:

• DEATH

death by pouring molten See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold down his See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat . Diodorus Siculus See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 3; See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, Mithrid. ii . 17 . 21; Vell . Paterculus ii . 18; See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, See also:

• VERRES, GAIUS (c. 120-43 B.C.)

Verres, iii . 54, De Offcciis, ii .

14, Tusc. v . 5 .