Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VALE1022 M. Valerius (153) Falto

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Status

• Patrician

Life Dates

• 231?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

  Develin no. 92.

Relationships

son of

? P. Valerius (155) Q. f. P. n. Falto (cos. 238) (Brennan 2000)

? Q. Valerius (157) Q. f. P. n. Falto (cos. 239) (Brennan 2000)

Career

• Quaestor before 205 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Both were quaestorii in 205 (Liv. 29.11.3; see 205, Legates), so this is the latest possible year for their quaestorships. On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 48, no. 42. (Broughton MRR I)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 205 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Sent to king Attalus of Pergamum to bring the Magna Mater from Pessinus (Liv. 29.10.4-11.8, and 14.5-14; Cic. Har. Resp. 26-28; Cael. 34; Sen. 45; Varro LL 6.15; Ovid Fast. 4.247-348; Strab. 12.5.3, 578 c; Plin. NH 7.120; Sil. It. 17.1-43; Suet. Tib. 2.3; App. Hann. 56; Dio fr. 57.61; Herodian 1.11; Lact. Inst. Div. 2.7.12; Auct. Vir. Ill. 46; Iulian. Or. 5, 159-161). On Laevinus and Falto, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 45, no. 34, and 48, no. 42, respectively. (Broughton MRR I)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 204 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Continued embassy to Attalus of Pergamum to bring the Magna Mater to Rome, which returned this year with the symbol of the goddess. (Broughton MRR I)
• Aedilis Curulis 203 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Liv. 30.26.5-6. On Valerius Falto, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 48, no. 42; Lübker, no. 16. (Broughton MRR I)
• Praetor 201 Bruttium, Campania (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Liv. 31.8.9. On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 48, no. 42. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Election: Liv. 30.40.5 Provinces: 30.40.5, and 41.1-2 and 8. (Broughton MRR I)
  • p. 729 (Brennan 2000)
• Propraetor 200 Sardinia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Propraetor in Sardinia (Liv. 31.8.9). See Münzer, Gent. Val. 48, no. 42. (Broughton MRR I)

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