Acidinus (cognomen)

Acidinus was a cognomen, or distinguishing family name, of the gens Manlia in ancient Rome. Some notable Acidini include:

• Lucius Manlius Acidinus, praetor urbanus in 210 BC, and proconsul of Hispania in 206 BC
• Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus, appointed praetor in 188 BC and had the province of Hispania Citerior allotted to him. Founded the colony of Aquileia
• Lucius Manlius (Acidinus), quaestor in 168 BC
• Acidinus, a contemporary of Cicero's

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).