Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 474 BC)

Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
1 August 474 BC [1] – 31 July 473 BC
Preceded byPublius Valerius Poplicola (consul 475 BC), Gaius Nautius Rutilus
Succeeded byLucius Aemilius Mamercus, Vopiscus Julius Iulus
Personal details
BornUnknown
Ancient Rome
DiedUnknown
Ancient Rome

Gnaeus Manlius Vulso was Roman consul in 474 BC with Lucius Furius Medullinus Fusus.

The historian Livy calls him Gaius.[2] Most modern writers refer to him as Aulus, assuming that he is the same person as the decemvir of 451 BC, who is called Aulus in the Fasti Capitolini. However, the chronology of this family makes this extremely improbable, leading to the conclusion that he was in fact Gnaeus, the father of the decemvir. The praenomina Gnaeus and Gaius were often confused in early records, which would account for the appearance of that name in Livy's history.

  1. ^ Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  2. ^ Livy, Ab Urbe condita, ii.54