person
M'. Glabrione praetore
also: Manius Glabrio the praetor, Glabrionis, Glabrio, M'. Glabrione, Manius Glabrio, Glabrio ... dismissing the council
M'. Acilius Glabrio, praetor 70 BC and presiding magistrate (quaesitor) at the trial of Verres; consul 67. He was appointed to the eastern command against Mithridates by the lex Acilia of 67 (Pro lege Manilia 5, 26) but accomplished nothing and was superseded by Pompey. Verres's prosecution succeeded in good part owing to his fair conduct of the proceedings (Verr. 2.1.30; 2.5.76).
Reading notes
- Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V §163 Glabrio ... dismissing the council
M.' Acilius Glabrio the praetor of the quaestio: when the actio prima testimony reached Gavius's crucifixion, the multitude in the forum was so stirred that Glabrio prudently suspended the trial for the day, lest the Roman people demand by force what it feared would not come from the law.