person
Manius Aquilius
also: M'. Aquilium, M'. Aquili, trial of Manius Aquilius
M'. Aquillius, consul 101 BC and finisher of the Second Sicilian Slave War (101-100). Prosecuted for repetundae in 98, he was acquitted in the celebrated trial in which M. Antonius bared his old soldier's scars to the jury (Pro Flacco 98; Verr. 2.5.3; De off. 2.50). Later sent to Asia, where he was captured by Mithridates in 88 and killed by molten gold poured down his throat.
Reading notes
- On Duties §2.50 Manius Aquilius
Manius Aquilius (consul 101 BC), prosecuted for extortion by Lucius Fufius and famously defended by the orator Antonius, who bared his battle-scars. Cicero cites the case for Fufius's diligence.
- Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V §3 trial of Manius Aquilius
M. Antonius the orator's defence of Manius Aquilius (cos 101) at his extortion trial 98 BC. Antonius set Aquilius in the sight of the jurors and tore his tunic from his breast, showing the scars taken in the slave-war; the proverbial example of acquittal won by martial display.