Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (fl. 189 BC) was a
Roman consul
A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...
for the year 189 BC, together with
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior was a Roman general.
He started his political career as curule aedile in 195 BC. When he was praetor (193 BC) he served with distinction in Spain, and as consul in 189 BC he completely broke the power of the Aetolian Leag ...
. He led a victorious campaign against the
Galatian
Gauls
The Gauls ( la, Galli; grc, Γαλάται, ''Galátai'') were a group of Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul (''Gallia''). They s ...
of
Asia Minor
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
in 189 BC during the
Galatian War
The Galatian War was a war between the Galatian Gauls and the Roman Republic supported by their allies Pergamum in 189 BC. The war was fought in Galatia in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
The Romans had just defeated the Seleucid ...
. He was awarded a triumph in 187 BC.
[Livy, 39, 6-7. ]Fasti Triumphales
The ''Acta Triumphorum'' or ''Triumphalia'', better known as the ''Fasti Triumphales'', or Triumphal Fasti, is a calendar of Roman magistrates honoured with a celebratory procession known as a ''triumphus'', or triumph, in recognition of an impor ...
.
Vulso belonged to the patrician ''
gens Manlia'', but his connection with the better known ''Torquatus'' branch is unknown. He may have been descended from
Aulus (or Gaius) Manlius Cn.f. Vulso, consul in 474 BC; or from
Lucius Manlius A.f. Vulso Longus, consul in 256 and 250 BC.
A. Manlius Cn.f. Vulso, consul eleven years later in 178 BC, may have been his younger brother.
See also
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Manlia (gens)
The gens Manlia () was one of the oldest and noblest patrician houses at Rome, from the earliest days of the Republic until imperial times. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus, consul in 480 BC, and fo ...
Notes
Ancient Roman generals
2nd-century BC Roman consuls
Vulso, Gnaeus
Roman patricians
2nd-century BC diplomats
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