Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus

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Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus came from the Roman plebeian family of the Fulvians and became a member of the patrician dynasty of the Manlier by adoption . He was a politician of the Roman Republic in the early 2nd century BC. BC and officiated 179 BC As consul .

Life

Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus was a son of the four-time consul Quintus Fulvius Flaccus and the Sulpicia. He was adopted by Lucius Manlius Acidinus , making it the first known case of a plebeian transferring to the patrician class through adoption.

The adoptive father Lucius Manlius Acidinus was one of the successors of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus from 206 to 199 BC. Was entrusted with the administration of Spain, but had not reached the consulate. Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus went in 188 BC. BC as praetor also on the Iberian Peninsula, where he was in charge of the province of Hispania citerior . With a proconsular empire he stayed until 185 BC. In Spain. In 187 BC He reported to the Senate that the Celtiberians and Lusitans were devastating the territories of Spanish tribes who were friends with Rome. 186 BC At first a battle between the army of Manlius and the Celtiberian contingents took place, which neither side could decide for itself. The following night the Celtiberians relocated their troop base and received additional soldiers in the next few days. Now they attacked the Romans near the city of Calagurris (today's Calahorra ), but despite their military reinforcements - as the Roman historian Titus Livius dubiously notes - they are said to have suffered a crushing defeat. 12,000 Celtiberians fell and 2,000 others were captured by the Romans. Due to the arrival of his successor Lucius Quinctius Crispinus , Manlius was no longer able to subdue the entire hostile people.

Livy reports of enormous treasures that Manlius captured on his campaigns and is said to have brought to Rome after his return from Spain . Because of his successful military operations, he wanted permission to hold a triumph , but this was refused because he had not left his successor with a completely subjugated and pacified province. After all, he was allowed to celebrate a more modest Ovatio about the Celtiberians.

183 BC BC Manlius was initially chosen together with two consulars for a diplomatic mission that led him to the Celts on the other side of the Alps . Then in the same year he became a member of a three-man college entrusted with the establishment of the Roman colony under Latin law Aquileia , to which the consul of 191 BC. BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica , and the consul from 187 BC. BC, Gaius Flaminius , belonged. Aquileia was founded in 181 BC. A statue of Manlius was erected in this city, the inscription of which has been preserved with his name and function.

At the height of his course honorum was Manlius 179 BC. When he and his biological brother Quintus Fulvius Flaccus held the highest office of state. That two brothers were consuls at the same time is unique in Roman history. Liguria was assigned to them as a province . According to Livius, Manlius did not do anything special there; his brother and fellow consul was successful against the Ligurians and was allowed to triumph over them.

Nothing is known about Manlius' life after his consulate.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 179 BC Chr .; Velleius Paterculus 2, 8, 3.
  2. ↑ Livy 38:35, 2; 38, 35, 10; 38, 36, 3.
  3. ↑ Livy 39, 7, 6.
  4. ^ Livy 39, 21, 6-10.
  5. ↑ Livy 39, 29, 4-7.
  6. ↑ Livy 39, 54, 13.
  7. ↑ Livy 39, 55, 6; 40, 34, 2f.
  8. ↑ CIL 5, 873 = CIL I² 621; Data sheet at ubi-erat-lupa  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with pictures).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ubi-erat-lupa.org  
  9. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ; Velleius 2, 8, 3; Livy 40, 43, 4; 40, 44, 3; among others
  10. ↑ Livy 40:44, 3; 40, 53, 4.
personal data
SURNAME Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acidinus Fulvianus, Lucius Manlius; Fulvianus, Lucius Manlius Acidinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 179 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 179 BC Chr.