Aulus Manlius Vulso (decemvir)
Aulus Manlius Vulso | |
|---|---|
| First College of Decemvirs | |
| In office 451 BC – 450 BC | |
| Preceded by | Appius Claudius Crassus, Titus Genucius Augurinus |
| Succeeded by | Second College of Decemvirs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Unknown |
| Children | Aulus Manlius Vulso Capitolinus |
Aulus Manlius Vulso was a Roman politician in the 5th century BC, and was a member of the first college of the decemviri in 451 BC. In 474 BC, he may have been elected consul with Lucius Furius Medullinus.[1][2] Whether or not the decemvir is the same man as the consul of 474 BC remains unknown.
Family
[edit]He was the son of a Gnaeus Manlius, perhaps Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus (consul in 480 BC), and grandson of a Publius Manlius. His complete name is A. Manlius Cn.f. P.n. Vulso.[2] He had a son by the name of Aulus Manlius Vulso Capitolinus, who was consular tribune in 405, 402, and 397 BC.
Biography
[edit]In 454 BC, under pressure by the tribunes of the plebs, the patricians accepted sending a delegation of three former consuls, among which was Vulso, Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis, and Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, to Athens and Magna Graecia so that they could study Greek law.[3][4][5] They returned in 452 BC and their report resulted in the creation of the First Decemvirate (decemviri legibus scribendis) in 451 BC.[6] Vulso actively worked alongside the decemviri,[7] where he participated in the creation of the first written Roman laws.[8] After about a year, he abdicated from his position with his colleagues, making way for the Second Decemvirate, which finished the last two tables of the Law of the Twelve Tables.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Historica Bibliotheca, XI. 21
- ^ a b Broughton 1951, p. 28.
- ^ Broughton 1951, p. 43.
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, X. 52
- ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita, III. 31
- ^ Broughton 1951, p. 45.
- ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita, III. 33
- ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita, III. 34
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliothec Historica, XII. 9
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, X. 56
Bibliography
[edit]Ancient bibliography
[edit]- Livy, Ab urbe condita
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica
Modern bibliography
[edit]- Broughton, T. Robert S. (1951), The American Philological Association (ed.), "The Magistrates of the Roman Republic", Philological Monographs, number XV, volume I, vol. I, 509 B.C. – 100 B.C., New York
- Cels-Saint-Hilaire, Janine (1995), La République des tribus: Du droit de vote et de ses enjeux aux débuts de la République romaine (495–300 av. J.-C. (in French), Presses universitaires du Mirail, ISBN 2-85816-262-X
Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Vulso [4]". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
