Vulso

• a cognomen in the Manlian gens: Manlius Vulso, Liv. 22, 35; 40, 59.

the name of a distinguished patrician family of the Manlia Gens.

2. A. Manlius Cn. F. P. N. Vulso, probably son of No. 2, was one of the ambassadors sent to Athens in B. C. 454, for the purpose of gaining information about the laws of Solon and the other Greek states, and in B. C. 451 he was a member of the first decemvirate. (Liv. 3.31, 33; Dionys. A. R. 10.54.)

3. M. Manlius (A. F. CN. N.) Vulso, probably son of No. 2, was consular tribune B. C. 420. (Liv. 4.44.)

4. A. Manlius CN. N. Vulso Capitolinus, A. F., son of No. 2, thrice consular tribune, in B. C. 405, 402 and 397. (Fasti Capit.; Liv. 4.61, 5.8, 16.) In B. C. 394 he was one of the ambassadors sent to Delphi to present a golden crater as a present to Apollo, but was captured on his voyage thither by the Liparaean pirates. They were however released by Timasitheus, the chief magistrate of the island, in that year, and allowed to prosecute their voyage. (Liv. 5.28.)

5. L. Manlius Vulso Longus, A. F. P. N., was consul B. C. 256 with M. Atilius Regulus, and along with his colleague invaded Africa. Their victory over the Carthaginians by sea, and their successful campaign in Africa are fully related in the life of Regulus. [Regulus, No. 3.] Vulso returned to Italy at the fall of the year with half of the army, and obtained the honour of a triumph. (Plb. 1.26_29; Zonar. 8.12, 13; Oros. 4.8.) In B. C. 250 Vulso was consul a second time with C. Atilius Regulus Serranus, and with his colleague commenced the siege of Lilybaeum. For details see REGULUS, No. 4. (Plb. 1.39, 41-48 ; Zonar. 8.15; Oros. 4.10.)

6. L. Manlius Vulso, one of the unsuccessful patrician candidates for the consulship for B. C. 216, when C. Terentius Varro was elected. (Liv. xxii 35.)

7. P. Manlius Vulso, praetor B. C. 210, received Sardinia as his province. (Liv. 26.23, 27.6, 7.)

8. Cn. Manlius Cn. F. L. N. Vulso, was curule aedile B. C. 197, praetor with Sicily as his province B. C. 195, and one of the triumvirs for founding a Latin colony in the territory of Thurii in B. C. 193, in which year he was an unsuccessful candidate for the consulship. (Liv. 33.25, 42, 43, 34.53, 35.9, 10.)

In B. C. 189 Cn. Manlius Vulso was consul with M. Fulvius Nobilior. He was sent into Asia in order to conclude the peace, which his successor Scipio Asiaticus had made with Antiochus, and to arrange the affairs of Asia. He arrived at Ephesus in the spring of B. C. 189, and as he was anxious to obtain both glory and booty he resolved to attack the Gallograeci or Galatians in Asia Minor without waiting for any formal instructions from the senate. He carried on the war with success against them, conquered in battle the three chief tribes into which they were divided, called the Tolistoboii, Tectosagi and Trocmi, and compelled them to submit unconditionally to the Roman power. After bringing this war to an end by the middle of the autumn, he led his troops into winter quarters. The Gallograeci had by their many conquests in Asia acquired immense wealth, a large portion of which now fell into the hands of Vulso and his army. (Liv. 38.12_27 ; Plb. 22.16-22; Zonar. 9.20; Appian, Syr. 39, 42.)

Manlius Vulso remained in Asia as proconsul in the following year, B. C. 188, when he formally concluded the treaty with Antiochus and settled the affairs of Asia. In the middle of the summer he crossed over from Asia into Europe, marched through Thrace into Macedonia and Epeirus, and passed the winter at Apollonia. In his march through Thrace his army suffered much from the heat and the attacks of the Thracians, and he lost a considerable part of the booty he had obtained in Asia. He reached Rome in B. C. 187 and demanded a triumph, which he obtained with difficulty inconsequence of the opposition of the majority of the ten commissioners, who had been appointed by the senate to conclude the peace with Antiochus in conjunction with Vulso. The triumph of Vulso was a brilliant one, but his campaign in Asia had a pernicious influence upon the morals of his countrymen. He had allowed his army every kind of licence, and his soldiers introduced into the city the luxuries of the East. (Liv. 38.37-41, 44_50, 39.6, 7; Plb. 22.24-27; Appian, Syr. 42, 43.) In B. C. 184 Vulso was an unsuccessful candidate for the censorship. (Liv. 39.40.)

9. L. Manlius Vulso, the brother of No. 8, was praetor B. C. 197 with Sicily as his province, and served under his brother in Asia in B. C. 189 and 188. (Liv. 32.27, 28, 38.20; Plb. 22.25, 26.)

10. A. Manlius Cn. F. L. N. Vulso, the brother of Nos. 8 aud 9, was consul B. C. 178 with M. Junius Brutus. He received Gaul as his province, and without consulting the senate marched against the Istri, but was unsuccessful in his campaign. At the commencement of the following year he and his colleague Brutus renewed the war, and with better fortune; but they were prevented from bringing it to a conclusion by the arrival of the new consul C. Claudius Pulcher. (Liv. 41.1_5, 7, 10, 11.)

(1) Lucius, consul B.C. 256 with M. Atilius Regulus. He invaded Africa with his colleague (see Regulus No. 3). Vulso returned to Italy at the fall of the year with half of the army, and obtained the honour of a triumph. In 250 Vulso was consul a second time with T. Atilius Regulus Serranus, and with his colleague commenced the siege of Lilybaeum (Polyb. i. 39-48; Zonar. viii. 15).

(2) Gnaeus, curule aedile B.C. 197, praetor with Sicily as his province 195, and consul 189. He was sent into Asia in order to conclude the peace which Scipio Asiaticus had made with Antiochus, and to arrange the affairs of Asia. He attacked and conquered the Gallograeci or Galatians in Asia Minor without waiting for any formal instructions from the Senate. His march is important in the discussion of the topography of Asia Minor, and has been carefully traced by Professor Ramsay. It was from Ephesus to Ancyra, in the country of the Tectosages, and as far as the banks of the Halys (Livy, xxxviii. 12-27; Polyb. xxii. 16). He set out on his return to Italy in 188, but in his march through Thrace he suffered much from the attacks of the Thracians, and lost a considerable part of the booty he had obtained in Asia. He reached Rome in 187. His triumph was a brilliant one, but his campaign in Asia had a pernicious influence upon the morals of his countrymen. He had allowed his army every kind of license, and his soldiers introduced into Rome the luxuries of the East (Livy, xxxviii. 37-50; xxxix. 6; Polyb. xxii. 24; App. Syr. 42).