Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus (fl. early 2nd century BC) was an ancient Roman

Ancient Rome

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 noble, originally belonging to the Fulvia

Fulvius

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 gens

Gens

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, but was adopted into the Manlia gens, probably by Lucius Manlius Acidinus

Lucius Manlius Acidinus

Lucius Manlius Acidinus was a member of the Manlia gens who stood as praetor urbanus in 210 BC. He was sent by the senate into Sicily to bring back the consul Marcus Valerius Laevinus to Rome to hold the elections...

. He was praetor

Praetor

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 in 188 BC

188 BC

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, and had the province of Hispania Citerior

Hispania Citerior

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 allotted to him, where he remained until 186 BC

186 BC

Year 186 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Philippus...

. In the latter year he defeated the Celtiberi, and had it not been for the arrival of his successor would have reduced the whole people to subjection. He applied for a triumph

Roman triumph

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 in consequence, but obtained only an ovation

Ovation

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. In 183 BC

183 BC

Year 183 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Labeo...

 he was one of the ambassadors sent into Gallia Transalpina, and was also appointed one of the triumvir

Triumvirate

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s for founding the Latin colony of Aquileia

Aquileia

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, which was however not founded until 181 BC

181 BC

Year 181 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cethegus and Tamphilus...

. He was consul

Consul

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 in 179 BC

179 BC

Year 179 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Fulvianus...

, with his own brother, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus

Quintus Fulvius Flaccus

Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, son of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus , Quintus was consul in 237 BC, fighting the Gauls in northern Italy. He was censor in 231 BC, again consul in 224 BC, when he subdued the Boii...

, which is the only instance of two brothers holding the consulship at the same time. At the election of Acidinus, M. Scipio declared him to be virum bonum, egregiumque civem.