Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 189 BC)

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Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (fl. 189 BC) was a Roman consul for the year 189 BC, together with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior. He led a victorious campaign against the Galatian Gauls of Asia Minor in 189 BC during the Galatian War. He was awarded a triumph in 187 BC. [1]

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.

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  1. Livy, 39, 6-7. Fasti Triumphales.
Political offices
Preceded by Consul of the Roman Republic
with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
189 BC
Succeeded by

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