Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VALE0149 M. Valerius (246) M'. f. Volus. n. Maximus (Lactuca)

Status

  • Patrician

Relationships

son of
M'. Valerius (243) Volus. f. Maximus (dict. 494) (RE)
father of
M. Valerius (206) M. f. M'. n. Lactuca (or Lactucinus) Maximus (cos. suff. 437) (RE)

Career

  • Quaestor 458 Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Continued the prosecution of M. Volscius Fictor for false witness against K. Quinctius (Liv. 3.25.2-3, and 29.6; cf. Dion. Hal. 10.23.4, and 24.3). On T. Quinctius, see Lübker no. 1, on Valerius, Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 45. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Another tradition keeps Volscius continuously in office from 461 to 457. See these years. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 456 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • In Diod. Valerius receives the cognomen Lactuca, but in Pliny (NH 19.59) and in Fast. Cap. on 356 the form is Lactucinus. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 3.31.1; Diod. 12.4.1; Fast. Cap. (names entire); Dion. Hal. 10.31.1; Censorin. DN 17, 10; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; cf. CIL 6.32326, line 14; Degrassi 24f., 93, 362f. On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 45. (Broughton MRR I)

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