Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VALE0522 M. Valerius (137) M. f. M. n. Maximus Corvus

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Liv. 7.32.14, 7.40.7, Juv. Sat. 8.1-32

Life Dates

  • 371?, birth Expand

    Develin no. 1.

Relationships

son of
M. Valerius (71) (son of M. Valerius (207) M. f. M. n. Lactucinus Maximus (tr. mil. c. p. 398)) (RE)
father of
M. Valerius (244) M. f. M. n. Maximus Corvinus? (cos. 312) (RE)

Career

  • Tribunus Militum 349 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On Valerius' cognomina, see Degrassi 106, on 348, regarding Corvus and Corvinus, and 111, on 301, regarding Maximus, and most recently, Volkmann (RE no. 137). See also 302, note 2. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 7.26.2; Dion. Hal. 15.1. Defeated a Gaul in single combat with the aid of a heaven-sent raven (Liv. 7.26.1-10; Dion. Hal. 15.1; Claud. Quad. fr. 12 Peter; Val. Max. 3.2.6; 6.15.5; Gell. 9.11; Flor. 1.8; App. Celt. 10; Eutrop. 2.6; Auct. Vir. Ill. 29; Amm. Marc. 24.4.5; Oros. 3.6.5; Zon. 7.25). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 348 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On the name of Valerius, see Act. Tr. on 335, and 349, note 4; and for that of Popillius, ib. on 350. Zosimus notes this as Popillius' fourth consulship. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 7.26.12-13, and 40.8; Diod. 16.69.1, under 347; Cic. Sen. 60; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -Val]erius M. f. M. n. Corvus); Val. Max. 8.12.1;{130} 8.15.5; Plin. NH 7.157; Chr. 354 (Lenas IIII et Corvino); Fast. Hyd. (Corvino et Lenate III), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Popillius, Zosim. Hist. Nov. 2.4.1. See Degrassi 34f., 106, 406f. In this year the Antiates colonized Satricum and Rome made a treaty with Carthage (Liv. 7.27.3; cf. Polyb. 3.24; Diod. 16.69.1; Oros. 3.7.1). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49, on Popillius, Lübker, no. 4. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor? 347 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • In the period before the Punic wars the praetorship frequently followed immediately after the consulship. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Plin. NH 7.157. His first praetorship is placed conjecturally in this year by Maxis (10) and Stella Maranca (294); and the second soon after 346. See Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 346 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Antiatibus Volsceis, Satricaneisque. MRR I.131, Itgenshorst p. 264, Rich no. 63. (Rich 2014)
  • Consul 346 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On the name of Valerius, see Act. Tr. on 346 and 343, and 349, note 1; on that of Poetilius, see Fast. Cap. on 360. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 7.27.5; Diod. 16.72.1, under 345; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -] Visolus II); Censorin. DN 17.10 (Curmino II et C. Poetaelio); Chr. 354 (Corvo II et Visolo II); Fast. Hyd. (Corvino II et Libone), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Degrassi 34f., 106, 406f. Valerius celebrated a triumph over the Antiates and other Volscians of Antium and Satricum (Liv. 7.27.6-9; Act. Tr., Degrassi 68f., 541. On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49; on Poetelius, Lübker no. 2; Münzer, APF 27. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Aedilis Curulis? 345 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Held curule office 21 times (Plin. NH 7.157), and therefore almost certainly the aedileship. As tradition makes him only 23 years of age in his first consulship in 348 his praetorships and aedileships (if any) should be placed after that date. See Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 343 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Div. 1.51; Liv. 7.28.10; 10.31.10; Diod. 16.77.1; Act. Tr.; Plin. NH 16.11; App. Samn. 1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26; Chr. 354 (Corvo III et Cosso III); Fast. Hyd. (Corvino III et Cosco), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Degrassi 106, 408f. At Saticula in the First Samnite War Cornelius was saved from a dangerous position by Decius Mus (see Tribunes of the Soldiers), and thereafter won a victory and celebrated a triumph (Liv. 7.32.2, 34-37.3, and 38.3; Cic. Div. 1.51; Act. Tr., Degrassi 68f., 541; Frontin. Str. 1.5.14; 4.5.9; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26). Valerius was victorious at Mt. Gaurus and Suessula, celebrated a triumph, and returned to protect Campania during the winter (Liv. 7.32-33, and 37.4-38; Dion. Hal. 15.3; Act. Tr., Degrassi 68f., 541; App. Samn. 1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 343 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Samnitibus. MRR I.132-3, Itgenshorst p. 264, Rich no. 64. (Rich 2014)
  • Dictator 342 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Appointed to face the mutineers who were advancing on Rome (Liv. 7.39-41), he carried through the reforms requested: 1. immunity for{134} the mutineers, 2. no soldier's name to be struck from the roll of service without his consent, 3. no Military Tribune to be allowed to revert to the rank of centurion (Liv. 7.41.3-8; App. Samn. 1.2; Auct. Vir. Ill. 29; Zon. 7.25; Rotondi 225f.). Other annalists made no mention of this dictatorship, and assigned all these measures to the Consuls (Liv. 7.42.3-7). See Degrassi 105, 408f.; Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Interrex 340 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 8.3.5. On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 335 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On the cognomina of Atilius, see Chr. 354 and Fast. Hyd. Valerius' name is given in full in Act. Tr. for this year. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 8.16.5; Diod. 17.40.1; Chr. 354 (Caleno et Corvo IIII); Fast. Hyd. (Regulo et Corvino); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi 107, 410f. Both fought against the Sidicini; Valerius captured Cales and celebrated a triumph (Liv. 8.16.4-11; Act. Tr., Degrassi 68f., 541). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 335 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Caleneis. MRR I.139-40, Itgenshorst no. 70, Rich no. 70. (Rich 2014)
  • Interrex 332 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fifth and last of this year's series (Liv. 8.17.5). See Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 325 Samnium (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Probably to be identified with the son of Corvus, Cos. 312, but may be the man of many consulships himself. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Left in charge of the camp by the Dictator (Liv. 8.35.10-11). See Münzer, Gent. Val. 50, no. 50; and 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Interrex 320 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 9.7.15. See Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Coloniis Deducendis 313 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Founded a Latin colony at Saticula (Fest. 458 L; cf. Liv. 27.10.7; Vell. 1.14.4). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 310 Samnium (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Served under the Dictator Papirius Cursor at Longulae (Liv. 9.40.12-13 and 21). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 308 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 9.41.1 (quartum creatus). See 347, Praetors; cf. Plin. NH 7.157; Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
    • The dates of the second and third praetorships of Corvus remain unrecorded. Maxis (12) suggests that the second should be placed after 345 and the third, of course, before 308. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 725, footnote 4 (Brennan 2000)
  • Dictator 302 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • M. Valerius Corvus (or Corvinus, as he is frequently called) is not termed Maximus elsewhere in Fast. Cap., or in Livy in reference to his earlier consulships, though the cognomen appears in Auct. Vir. Ill. 26 in a reference to 343 and in Gellius (9.11) in reference to the incident of the raven in 349. Consequently Beloch (RG 423), Schön (30ff., quoted by Degrassi 111, and Volkmann, RE), and most recently Volkmann (RE) attribute this dictatorship to his son Maximus Corvinus, who was Consul in 312 and 289. Moreover, as Livy (10.3.3) clearly names Maximus as Dictator in 302 (301 is a "Dictator" year in Fast. Cap.) and identifies the Dictator of 302 with the Consul of 300 and 299, Volkmann believes that Livy referred these consulships to Maximus Corvinus, and all three would attribute them to him. In this they go against the dominating ancient tradition that Corvus held six consulships over a{171} period of 46 years (Cic. Sen. 60; Val. Max. 8.13.1; Plin. NH 7.157; Plut. Mar. 28.6; Tac. Ann. 1.9; 49 in Fast. Cap. because of the "Dictator" years). It is clear that the redactors of Fast. Cap. attributed these offices to Corvus: his dictatorship in 302 is numbered II, and his consulship in 300 is numbered V in Chr. 354, and that in 299 is numbered VI in Fast. Cap. Livy's omission of the cognomen Corvus in these years is probably not significant in view of the frequency of such omissions in other cases, nor the omission of the numeral of iteration, since one would be required for either the father or the son. Accordingly it is not at all clear that he rejected the usual identification. Moreover the lapse of time between the first consulship in 348 and the sixth in 299 though great, as Volkmann points out, was not impossible in a man who attained, it was said, his first at the age of 23 (Val. Max. 8.13.1, and 15.5), and lived to the age of 100 (Val. Max.; Cic. Sen. 60). (Broughton MRR I)
    • According to Act. Tr. for 301, Fast. Cap. ([- -] M. [n.] Ma[ximus- - -], Degrassi 38f.), and probably Livy (10.3.3, and 5.14), this Dictator was Corvus, not his son, Cos. 312, and Cens. 307 (see Degrassi 111). Appointed because of disorder at Arretium and at Carseoli among the Marsi, he celebrated a triumph over both (Liv. 10.3-5, esp. 5.13; cf. Act. Tr., Degrassi 72f., 543). See 301, Dictator; Degrassi 38f., 111, 424f.; Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 301 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Etrusceis et Marseis. MRR I.171, Itgenshorst no. 89, Rich no. 89. (Rich 2014)
  • Dictator 301 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See details under 302. (DPRR Team)
  • Consul 300 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • In CIL 6.37160 the name of Valerius is given as M. Valerio M. f. Corvin[o]; see 302, note 2. The praenomen of Appuleius is preserved in Cassiod. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 10.5.14, and 6.1; Fast. Cap. ([- -] M. f. M. n. [- -]); Chr. 354 (Corvo V et Pansa); Fast. Hyd. (Corvino et Pansa), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Degrassi 38f., 111, 424f. Valerius carried a law of appeal (Rotondi 235f.), and fought some Aequian rebels, while Appuleius began operations against Nequinum in Umbria (Liv. 10.9.3-8). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49; and above, 302, note 2. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul Suffectus 299 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 10.11.4-6; Fast. Cap. ([- -] VI); Cic. Sen. 60; Val. Max. 8.15.5; Degrassi 38f., 111, 424f. Succeeded to command in Etruria. See Münzer, Gent. Val. 49, no. 49; and above, 302, note 2. (Broughton MRR I)

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