Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus Maximus (died 210 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 211 BC. As consul, Fulvius defended Rome against Hannibal with his colleague Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus during the Second Punic War. [1]
Fulvius was curule aedile in 214 BC, presenting a four-day program of theatrical events (ludi scaenici) with his colleague Publius Sempronius Tuditanus. [2] As praetor the following year, he was stationed at Suessula and received the knights from Capua who had decided to defect from Hannibal and join Rome. [3]
For his consular province (provincia) he was assigned to Apulia. He returned to Rome to hold elections for the following year, [4] while Sulpicius went to assume command in Greece. [5] Fulvius's imperium in Apulia was prorogued for the year 210. [6] He was killed at the Battle of Herdonia in a surprise attack by Hannibal. [7]