Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca

Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca was a Roman politician of the fifth century. Consul in 456 BC.

Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
1 August 456 BC[1] – 31 July 455 BC
Preceded byGaius Horatius Pulvillus, Quintus Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus
Succeeded byTitus Romilius Rocus Vaticanus, Gaius Veturius Cicurinus
Personal details
BornUnknown
Ancient Rome
DiedUnknown
Ancient Rome
ChildrenMarcus Valerius Lactuca Maximus
ParentsManius Valerius Maximus

Family

He was a member of the Valerii Maximi, a branch of the powerful Valeria family. He was the grandchildren of Volusus Valerius and the son of the dictator of 494 BC, Manius Valerius Volusus Maximus. With filation his name would be written Marcus Valerius M'.f. Volusi n. Maximus Lactuca.[2]

He had one known son, Marcus Valerius Lactuca Maximus, the consul suffect in 437 BC.

Biography

Questorship (458)

In 458 BC Marcus Valerius was elected quaestor, with Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus as his colleague. They continued the prosecution against the tribune of the plebs, Marcus Volscius Fictor started by last year's quaestors. Fictor was accused of giving false testimony in the trial of Caeso Quinctius, which had lead to Quinctius exile in 461 BC.[3][4][5]

Consulate (456)

In 456 BC he was elected consul together with Spurius Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus. Their terms of office run during a period of political tension between the plebs represented by the tribunes of the plebs, and the patricians, represented by the senate and the consuls. Valerius and his colleague eventually came to a compromise with the tribunes which resulted into a new law, known as the Lex Icilia de Aventino publicando, which divided the Aventine Hill into buildable land for the benefit of the commons[6][7][8][9][10][11]

References
  1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  2. Broughton, vol i, pp.41-42
  3. Livy. iii, 25.2-3, 29.6
  4. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, x, 23.4 & 24.3
  5. Broughton, vol i, pp.40
  6. Diodorus Siculus ,Universal History , xii, 3-4
  7. Livy, Roman History , iii, 31
  8. http://www.the-romans.eu/books/Roman-antiquities-10.php#31
  9. http://www.the-romans.eu/books/Ab-urbe-condita-3.php#31
  10. Fasti Capitolini
  11. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, x, 31.1
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