The chief circumstance to which Acacius owed this sudden wave of popularity was the adroitness with which he succeeded in putting himself at the head of the particular movement of which Daniel the Stylite was both the coryphaeus and the true inspirer.
Glavna okolnost kojoj je Akacije dugovao ovaj iznenadni val popularnosti bila je činjenica da se uspio staviti na čelo osobitog pokreta kojemu je, ustvari, Daniel Stilit bio i korifej i pravi inspirator.