Manlius ne na karshe da aka ambata a cikin mu kafofin a matsayin daya daga cikin uku jakadu aika zuwa Delphi a 394 BC ya ba hadayu ga Apollo ga nasara
kama Veii a cikin 396 BC. Ofishin jakadancin ya kunshi Manlius da abokan aikinsa biyu Lucius Valerius Potitus da Lucius Sergius Fidenas (dan uwansa a cikin 397 BC). Ofishin jakadancin ya isar da hadaya ga Oracle na Delphi da Apollo amma 'yan fashin teku na Liparean sun kama shi a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Girkanci na Sicily Timasitheus. Kamar dai 'yan fashin teku sun canza zuciyarsu lokacin da suka koyi manufar ofishin jakadancin kuma an saki "consulares" uku don ci gaba da tafiya. Wannan al'amari ya kamata a bi da shi a matsayin babban tarihin tarihi kamar yadda akwai wasu shaidun archaeological da inscripptiorial da ke da alaƙa da shi. Kodayake akwai rashin jituwa tsakanin kafofin dangane da shekara, Diodorus ya ba da 396 da Livy 394 BC, da kuma tsarin ofishin jakadancin kamar yadda Livy ya ba mu sunaye.