- Lucius Manlius Acidinus
:"For others of this
gens , seeManlius . For other Manlii with the cognomen "Acidinus", seeAcidinus (cognomen) ."Lucius Manlius Acidinus (fl. late
3rd century BC ) was a member of theManlius gens who stood as "praetor urbanus" in210 BC . [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Acidinus (1)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 12
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html ] He was sent by the senate intoSicily to bring back the consulMarcus Valerius Laevinus to Rome to hold the elections. [Livy , xxvi. 23, xxvii. 4] In207 BC he was with the troops stationed at Narnia to oppose Hasdrubal, and was the first to send to Rome intelligence of the defeat of the latter. [Livy xxvii. 50] In206 BC he andLucius Cornelius Lentulus had the province ofHispania entrusted to them withproconsul ar power. In the following year he conquered theAusetani andIlergetes , who had rebelled against the Romans in consequence of the absence of Scipio. He did not return to Rome until199 BC , but was prevented by the tribunePublius Porcius Laeca from entering the city in anovation , which the senate had granted him. [Livy , xxviii. 38, xxix. 1—3, 13, xxxii. 7]References
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