Manlius, ancient Roman gens, chiefly patrician but later containing plebeian families. Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, d. 384? B.C., consul (392 B.C.), took refuge in the Capitol when Rome was taken (c.389) by the Gauls. Aroused by the cackling of the sacred geese at night, he repulsed the Gauls from the hill. According to legend, he defended plebeian debtors from harsh patrician creditors, and the following year he was impeached for high treason and thrown from the Tarpeian Rock by the tribunes. Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, fl. 4th cent. B.C., served against the Gauls (361 B.C.), one of whom he slew in single combat. He took the Gaul's torque, or collar, hence his name Torquatus. He was dictator twice more, and three times consul. In 340, with his colleague, Publius Decius Mus, he defeated the Latins near Vesuvius and at Trifanum. He killed his own son for disobeying express orders not to engage in single combat with the enemy. Some of his story is legendary. Titus Manlius Torquatus, fl. 3d cent. B.C., conquered the Sardinians while consul (235 B.C.), subsequently becoming censor (231), consul (224), and dictator (210). He opposed the ransoming of Roman prisoners taken at the battle of Cannae (216), and he defeated (215) a large Carthaginian force in Sardinia.

Manlius (fem. Manlia) was the nomen of the gens Manlia, a patrician family of ancient Rome, from Tusculum, one of the oldest of the city.

Cognomina of the Manlii included Acidinus, Capitolinus, Imperiosus, Torquatus, and Vulso.

Manlius may refer to:

People

• Gnaeus Manlius P.f. Cincinnatus, consul in 480 BC;
• Aulus (of Gaius) Manlius Cn.f. Vulso, consul in 474 BC;
• Marcus Manlius, Consular Tribune for 420 BC;
• Marcus Manlius T.f. Capitolinus, consul in 390 BC;
• Aulus Manlius, Consular Tribune for 388 and 374 BC;
• Publius and Gaius Manlius, consuls in 378 BC;
• Gnaeus Manlius L.f. Capitolinus Imperiosus, consul in 359 and 357 BC;
• Titus Manlius L.f. Imperiosus Torquatus, consul in 347, 345, 340 BC;
• Titus Manlius Torquatus, consul in 399 BC;
• Lucius Manlius A.f. Vulso Longus, consul in 256 and 250 BC;
• Aulus Manlius T.f. Torquatus Atticus, consul in 244 and 241 BC;
• Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus, consul in 235 and 224 BC;
• Gnaeus Manlius Cn.f. Vulso, consul in 189 BC
• Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus, consul in 179 BC;
• Aulus Manlius Cn.f. Vulso, consul in 178 BC;
• Tiberius Manlius Torquatus, consul in 165 BC;
• Aulus Manlius Torquatus, consul in 164 BC;
• Lucius Manlius Torquatus, consul in 65 BC;
• Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, influential Christian philosopher, 5th century

Places in the United States

• Manlius, Illinois
• Manlius Township, Bureau County, Illinois
• Manlius Township, LaSalle County, Illinois
• Manlius Township, Michigan
• Manlius (town), New York
• Manlius (village), New York

Other uses

• Manlius Pebble Hill, a school in DeWitt, New York