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VALE0682 P. Valerius (213) Laevinus

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son of: C. Valerius (306) L. f. L. n. Potitus (cos. 331) (RE)
father of: P. Valerius (215) (son of P. Valerius (213) Laevinus (cos. 280)) (RE)
grandfather of: ? M. Valerius (211) P. f. P. n. Laevinus (cos. 220) (DPRR Team)

Consul 280 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
- Degrassi (40f., 113) suggests that a space of a line in Fast. Cap. may mean that Valerius died or abdicated and a suffect Consul was elected. (Broughton MRR I)
- Fast. Cap. ([- - - -] Ti. n.); Act. Tr. ([Ti. Coru]ncanius Ti. f. Ti. n.); Chr. 354 (Laevino et Cornunciano); Fast. Hyd. (Lebyino et Caeruntano); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi,{191} 40f., 113, 428f. Valerius rejected Pyrrhus' attempt to arbitrate Rome's dispute with Tarentum, and was severely defeated at Heracleia, but continued in command, administered a check to Pyrrhus near Capua, and wintered at Saepinum (Liv. Per. 13; Dion. Hal. 19.9-12; Frontin. Str. 2.4.9; 4.1.24; 4.7.7; Plut. Pyrr. 16-18; Flor. 1.13.7-8; Iustin. 18.1.4-9; Eutrop. 2.11; Fest. 214 L; Zon. 8.3-4; cf. SIG 392, and Chr. Lindic. 2 XL; Ennius Ann. 6.192-3 V; Liv. 25.6.3; Dio fr. 40.13-28). Coruncanius celebrated a triumph over Volsinii and Vulci (Act. Tr., Degrassi, 72f., 545), then was sent to face Pyrrhus after Valerius' defeat (App. Samn. 10.3; Zon. 8.4). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 44, no. 32. (Broughton MRR I)
- Preferably Praetor, since in this period the office was frequently held the year after the consulship. Moreover, the passage in Ennius indicates that the proletarii were stationed on guard about the city, where the Praetor was most likely to have charge, and more probably refers to this year than to 275 (see Vahlen). (Broughton MRR I)