Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus

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Lucius Manlius A.f. Vulso Longus (fl. 250s BC) was a consul of ancient Rome twice in 256 BC and in 250 BC, and was notable as a commander in the First Punic War.

During his consulship in 256 BC, he and the consul suffect Marcus Atilius Regulus led the Roman fleet to victory in the Battle of Cape Ecnomus, following which they landed in Africa. Leaving Regulus in sole command, Vulso returned to Rome and received a triumph. Vulso Longus became consul again in 250 BC and blockaded Lilybaeum with his co-consul Gaius Atilius Regulus, but to little effect.

Vulso Longus was from the ancient patrician gens Manlia, but little is known of this branch. His father was Aulus Manlius, possibly cognominated Vulso. The additional cognomen of Longus indicates that either he or an ancestor was unusually tall for a Roman.

Preceded by Gaius Atilius Regulus and Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio	Consul of the Roman Republic with Quintus Caedicius and Marcus Atilius Regulus (Suffect) 256 BC	Succeeded by Marcus Aemilius Paullus and Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior
Preceded by Lucius Caecilius Metellus and Gaius Furius Pacilus	Consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Atilius Regulus 250 BC	Succeeded by Publius Claudius Pulcher and Lucius Iunius C.f. Pullus