Gnaeus Manlius Vulso

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Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (f. 189 BC) was a Roman consul for the year 189 BC, together with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior. He led a victorius campaign against the Galatian Gauls of Asia Minor in 189 BC during the Galatian War.

Vulso was a patrician[1] who belonged to the ancient gens Manlia, but his connections 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 (with Marcus Atilius Regulus) and 250 BC.

Aulus Manlius Cn.f. Vulso, consul eleven years later in 178 BC, may have been his younger brother.

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  1. ^ At this time, Romans still elected one patrician and one plebeian consul. Since Nobilior came from a famous plebeian family, Vulso was therefore patrician. The Manlii were also well-known patricians.
Preceded by
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus and Gaius Laelius		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
189 BC		 Succeeded by
Gaius Livius Salinator and Marcus Valerius Messalla


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