Publius Manlius Vulso (praetor)

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bronze sextans possibly struck by authority of P. Manlius Vulso in Sardinian mint 210 BC

Publius Manlius Vulso was a member of the Roman patrician gens

Manlia. In 210 BC he was praetor of Sardinia.[1]

Life

Publius Manlius Vulso held the office of praetor in the middle of the Roman fight against

Second Punic war (218-201 BC). He commanded two legions in order to defend Sardinia against the Carthaginians. Yet a Punic fleet led by Hamilcar ravaged at the end of the summer of 210 BC Olbia, a city on the north-east coast of the island. When Manlius and his army appeared on the battlefield the Carthaginians sailed on and devastated the district of Carales (today Cagliari).[2]
Nothing else is known about the life of Manlius.

Notes

  1. Ab Urbe Condita
    26.23.1
  2. ^ Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.28.12; 27.6.13-14; 27.7.14.

References

  • Friedrich Münzer: Manlius 98. In:
    Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft
    , vol. XIV, 1 (1928), col. 1224.
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