Early Valerii •
Volesus or Volusus, the eponymous ancestor of the gens, is said to have come to Rome with
Titus Tatius during the time of
Romulus, the first King of Rome. • Volesus Valerius, a descendant of the first Volesus, was the father of Publius Valerius Poplicola, Marcus Valerius Volusus, and Manius Valerius Volusus Maximus. • Valeria, appointed the first priestess of
Fortuna Muliebris in 488 BC.
Valerii Poplicolae •
Publius Valerius Vol. f. Poplicola, or Publicola,
consul in 509 BC, the first year of the Republic; he triumphed over the forces of
the king. Consul again in 508, 507, and 504, when he triumphed over the
Sabines. • Marcus Valerius P. f. Vol. n. Poplicola, perished at the Battle of Lake Regillus, after recovering the body of his uncle, Marcus Valerius Volusus. According to Dionysius, his brother Publius was also slain, but this appears to be a mistake, as Publius was consul twice after this, although he did fall in battle during his second consulship. •
Publius Valerius P. f. Vol. n. Poplicola, consul in 475 and 460 BC, and
interrex in 462; he triumphed over the
Veientines and Sabines during his first consulship, but in his second, he was killed in recovering the capitol from
Appius Herdonius. •
Lucius Valerius P. f. P. n. Poplicola Potitus, opposed the
decemvirs, and was elected consul for the year 449 BC. He defeated the
Aequi and the
Volsci, and when the
senate refused him a triumph, the soldiers conferred that honour on him. • Lucius Valerius L. f. (P. n.) Poplicola, the father of Lucius Valerius Poplicola, the consular tribune. • Publius Valerius L. f. L. n. Poplicola, father of the consul of 352 BC. •
Publius Valerius P. f. L. n. Poplicola, consul in 352 BC; as
praetor in 350 he commanded the reserves during the war against the
Gauls. He was appointed dictator in 344, in order to hold a religious festival in response to dreadful omens. He is probably the same man who was nominated by the dictator
Marcus Papirius Crassus in 332.
Valerii Potiti •
Marcus Valerius Vol. f. Volusus, the brother of Poplicola, was one of the Roman commanders against Lars Porsenna in 508 BC. As consul in 505 BC, he and his colleague triumphed over the Sabines. He was one of the ambassadors to the
Latin League in 501, and fell at the Battle of Lake Regillus, in 499. •
Lucius Valerius M. f. Vol. n. Potitus, one of the
quaestors who prosecuted Spurius Cassius Vecellinus in 485 BC. He was consul in 483 and 470 BC, and fought against the
Aequi during his second consulship. He was in 464. • Volesus Valerius Potitus, the grandfather of Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus, consular tribune three times from 415 to 404 BC, according to the
Fasti Capitolini. Münzer suggests that his praenomen should be
Publius. • Publius Valerius Potitus, the grandfather of Lucius Valerius Potitus, consular tribune five times from 414 to 398 BC, may be the same person as Volesus Valerius Potitus. •
Lucius Valerius L. f. P. n. Potitus, consular tribune in 414, 406, 403, 401, and 398 BC, and consul in 393 and 392; triumphed over the Aequi. Interrex for the purpose of holding the comitia in 392, and under the dictator
Marcus Furius Camillus in 390, the year in which Rome was taken by the Gauls. • Publius Valerius L. f. L. n. Potitus Poplicola, consular tribune in 386, 384, 380, 377, 370, and 367 BC. • Gaius Valerius (C. f. L. n.) Potitus, consular tribune in 370 BC. • Gaius Valerius L. f. L. n. Potitus Flaccus, consul in 331 BC. He is probably the progenitor of the Valerii Flacci. • Lucius Valerius (L. f. L. n.) Potitus, in 331 BC. •
Marcus Valerius M'. f. Vol. n. Maximus Lactuca, quaestor in 458 BC, prosecuted the accusers of
Caeso Quinctius. As consul in 456 BC, he opposed the plan of
Lucius Icilius, one of the
tribunes of the plebs, to assign the
Aventine Hill to the commons. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M'. n. Lactucinus Maximus, consul in 437 BC. • Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Lactucinus Maximus, consular tribune in 398 and 395 BC. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Maximus Corvus, afterward surnamed
Calenus, was consul in 348, 346, 343, 335, 300, and 299, dictator in 342 and 301, and interrex in 332 and 320 BC; triumphed over the Volsci in 346, the Samnites in 343,
Cales in 335, and the
Etruscans in 301. He was elected consul at twenty-three, and lived to the age of one hundred, filling the curule chair twenty-one times. • Marcus Valerius M. f. Maximus, father of the consul of 312 BC. • Marcus Valerius Maximus Potitus, consul in 286 BC. He was occupied by the agitation attending the
Hortensian laws. •
Marcus (or Publius?) Valerius Maximus, one of the most important Roman scholars and antiquarians, and compiler of historical anecdotes, flourished during the early part of the first century.
Valerii Laevini • Manius Valerius Laevinus, said to have numbered among a group of former military tribunes who were burned alive near the
Circus Maximus in 485 BC, by the tribune of the plebs Publius Mucius Scaevola, allegedly for having conspired with Spurius Cassius Vecellinus. •
Publius Valerius Laevinus, consul in 280 BC, during the war with
Pyrrhus. Although defeated by Pyrrhus, he escaped with much of his army intact, defended
Capua, and successfully harried the
Epirote army. • Publius Valerius P. f. Laevinus, father of Marcus Valerius Laevinus, consul in 220 and 210 BC. •
Marcus Valerius P. f. P. n. Laevinus, elected consul in 220 BC, but probably resigned together with his colleague due to a fault in the elections. He was praetor
peregrinus in 215, and afterward
propraetor for several years, and consul for the second time in 210. He led a number of successful campaigns against Hannibal's allies during the Second Punic War, recovering much territory. • Marcus Valerius M. f. P. n. Laevinus, son of Marcus Valerius Laevinus, consul in 220 and 210 BC. Together with his brother, Publius, he staged funeral games to commemorate the death of their father in 200. Might be the same person as Marcus Valerius Laevinus, praetor in 182 BC. • Publius Valerius M. f. P. n. Laevinus, along with his brother Marcus, staged funeral games in 200 BC to commemorate the death of their father, Marcus Valerius Laevinus, consul in 220 and 210 BC. • Marcus Valerius Laevinus, praetor
peregrinus in 182 BC. •
Gaius Valerius M. f. P. n. Laevinus, half-brother of Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, consul in 189 BC, whom he accompanied to Greece. He was praetor in 179, with Sardinia as his province. Consul in 176 BC, he fought against the
Ligures, and received a triumph the following year. He afterward served on ambassadorial missions to Greece and Egypt. • Publius Valerius C. f. M. n. Laevinus, praetor in 177 BC, was assigned a portion of
Cisalpine Gaul.
Valerii Flacci • Lucius Valerius Flaccus, under the dictator Marcus Aemilius Papus, 321 BC. • Marcus Valerius L. f. Flaccus, father of Lucius Valerius Flaccus, the consul of 261 BC. •
Publius Valerius L. f. M. n. Flaccus, consul in 227 BC. During his year of office, the number of praetors was increased from two to four. In 219, he was one of the ambassadors sent to the Carthaginians to threaten war in response to the attack on
Saguntum. He held several important commands during the early years of the Second Punic War. •
Lucius Valerius P. f. L. n. Flaccus, as a military tribune in 212 BC, led a daring attack on the camp of the Carthaginian general
Hanno near
Beneventum. He was consul in 195, and won important victories over the Gauls in that and the following year. In 184 he became , and served as censor with
Cato the Elder. •
Gaius Valerius P. f. L. n. Flaccus, a young man of poor character, was named
Flamen Dialis by the Pontifex Maximus in 209 BC, and to general astonishment proved himself worthy of the responsibility. He was curule aedile in 199, but as Flamen Dialis he could not take the oath of office. His brother, Lucius, took the oath for him. He was praetor in 183, and in that capacity, introduced a Gallic embassy to the Senate. •
Lucius Valerius L. f. P. n. Flaccus, consul in 152 BC, died during his year of office. • Lucius Valerius L. f. L. n. Flaccus,
Flamen Martialis, and consul in 131 BC. His colleague, Publius Licinius Crassus, was also Pontifex Maximus, and forbade Flaccus from taking the conduct of the war against
Aristonicus, imposing a fine for Flaccus' attempted desertion of his religious office. Although compelled to remain at Rome, the fine was remitted by public vote. •
Lucius Valerius L. f. L. n. Flaccus, consul in 100 BC, with
Gaius Marius, acted to quell the unrest caused by
Saturninus and
Glaucia. He was censor in 97, and by 86; in 82 he proposed the appointing Sulla dictator, and in turn was nominated , holding the post until Sulla's resignation in 79. He was
Flamen Martialis before 69. •
Gaius Valerius C. f. L. n. Flaccus, consul in 93 BC, and afterwards proconsul of
Hispania Citerior, where he put down a revolt by the
Celtiberi. Later he held a command in Gallia Narbonensis, probably also as proconsul, and celebrated a triumph for his victories in 81. •
Lucius Valerius C. f. L. n. Flaccus, as curule aedile in 99 BC, was accused by
Decianus, one of the tribunes of the plebs. In 86, he was appointed consul in the place of
Gaius Marius, who died shortly after entering his seventh consulship. Sent against
Mithridates in the east, Flaccus was betrayed and murdered by
Gaius Flavius Fimbria. • Lucius Valerius L. f. L. n. Flaccus (son of
Lucius Valerius Flaccus), praetor in 63 BC, he assisted his colleague, Gaius Pomptinus, in arresting the envoys of the
Allobroges. He then served as propraetor in Asia, and was accused of extortion in 59. Despite his probable guilt, he was successfully defended by Cicero in his oration,
Pro Flacco. • Gaius Valerius L. f. Flaccus, a friend of
Appius Claudius Pulcher. Cicero met him in
Cilicia in 51 BC. • Lucius Valerius L. f. L. n. Flaccus, son of the praetor defended by Cicero, was brought before the court as an appeal to the judges' pity. During the
Civil War, he fought on the side of
Pompeius, and was killed at
Dyrrachium in 48 BC. • Lucius Valerius (L. f. L. n.) Flaccus,
Flamen Martialis in the time of Cicero, whose brother,
Quintus, heard him give an account of a marvelous occurrence.
Joseph Hilarius Eckhel believed that he was the same Flaccus whom Cicero defended, which seems likely, as he would have inherited the priesthood from his father, the consul of 100 BC. • Publius (Valerius) Flaccus, successfully accused Marcus Papirius Carbo of extortion while as governor of Sicily. •
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, a Latin poet, active during the latter half of the first century AD. He was a friend of Martial. His only surviving work is his
Argonautica, an unfinished poem about the voyage of the
Argonauts in eight books. • Lucius Valerius Flaccus, consul in AD 128, serving from the Kalends of July to the Kalends of September. •
Marcus Valerius M'. f. M. n. Maximus Messala, consul in 226 BC, organized the allies in preparation for an anticipated invasion of Italy by the Gauls. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M'. Messalla, prefect of the fleet in Sicily in 210 BC, the ninth year of the Second Punic War, carried out a successful raid on the countryside around
Utica. He was nominated dictator, but his appointment was annulled. Messalla was praetor in 194, and consul in 188 BC. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Messalla, consul in 161 BC, the year in which the senate prohibited the residence of Greek rhetoricians at Rome. Although previously degraded by the censors, Messalla himself held the censorship in 154. • Manius Valerius M. f. M. n. Messalla, the great-grandfather of Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, consul in 61 BC. • Marcus Valerius M'. f. M. n. Messalla, grandfather of Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger. Either he or his brother, Manius, was a legate of the consul
Publius Rutilius Lupus in 90 BC, toward the beginning of the
Social War. • Manius Valerius M' f. M. n. Messalla, uncle of Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, and father-in-law of
Sulla. • Marcus Valerius M'. f. M'. n. Messalla, father of Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger, consul in 61 BC, was one of the prosecutors of
Publius Clodius Pulcher. He was censor in 55. Cicero describes Valerius as a capable orator. He married Hortensia, sister of the orator
Quintus Hortensius. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Messalla Rufus, consul in 53 BC. He was supported by Cicero, and opposed by
Pompeius and the supporters of Publius Clodius Pulcher. In 47, he served under
Caesar during the
Civil War. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus, a partisan of
Gaius Cassius Longinus, he was proscribed by the
triumvirs, but accepted terms from
Marcus Antonius after the death of
Brutus and Cassius. He later went over to
Octavian, and was appointed consul in place of Antonius in 31 BC. He distinguished himself at the
Battle of Actium, and triumphed over the
Aquitani in 27. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Messalla, consul in 32 BC. •
Marcus Valerius Messalla M. f. M. n. Barbatus, surnamed
Appianus, consul in 12 BC, died during his year of office. He was probably the grandfather of the empress Messalina. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Messallinus, consul in 3 BC. •
Valeria M. f. M. n. Messalina, third wife of the emperor
Claudius. She was infamous for her intrigues, which brought about the downfall of many members of the imperial aristocracy. At last the emperor was persuaded that her open betrayal of his trust foreboded a plot against him, and she was put to death. •
Marcus Valerius M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus, consul in AD 58. Although a great-grandson of Corvinus, the consul of 31 BC, his family fortune had since been lost, and so he was granted an allowance from the treasury. •
Lucius Valerius (L. f.) Messalla Thrasea Priscus, a man of great wisdom, was consul in AD 196, and slain by
Caracalla in 212. Perhaps the progenitor of the third century consular family of the Valerii, he may in fact have been a son of
Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola Messalla, who discarded his original nomen in order to emphasize his descent from the Valerii through a female line. •
Lucius Valerius (L. f. L. n.) Messalla, possibly surnamed
Apollinaris, consul in AD 214, and perhaps proconsul of Africa about 236 to 238. •
Lucius Valerius (L. f. L. n.) Maximus Acilius Priscillianus, consul in AD 233, and afterward curator of the banks of the Tiber. He was involved in the senatorial revolt against the emperor
Maximinus Thrax in 238. About 255 he was
praefectus urbi, and in 256 he was consul for the second time. •
Lucius Valerius L. f. (L. n.) Poplicola Balbinus Maximus, consul in AD 253. He held a number of minor offices, but does not seem to have governed a province. • (Lucius Valerius L. f. L. n.) Messalla, consul in AD 280. •
Valerius Maximus signo Basilius, of Rome from AD 319 to 323. •
Saint Melania the Elder ca. 350-417, married to Valerius Maximus signo Basilius •
Valerius Maximus, consul in AD 327 and
praetorian prefect under the emperor Constantine, and probably son of Valerius Maximus signo Basilius. • Valerius Publicola, (c. 350 AD) son of
Melania the Elder and Valerius Maximus signo Basilius, and father of
Melania the Younger •
Saint Melania the Younger 383-439
Valerii Faltones • Publius Valerius, grandfather of Quintus and Publius Valerius Falto, the consuls of 239 and 238 BC. •
Publius Valerius Q. f. P. n. Falto, consul in 238 BC, he suffered a defeat at the hands of the
Boii and Ligures, but counterattacked and routed them. He was refused a triumph in consequence of his earlier defeat, and because his counterattack before reinforcements could arrive was considered rash. •
Marcus Valerius Falto, one of the senatorial envoys sent to
Attalus I of
Pergamon in 205 BC. As curule aedile in 203, he and his colleague secured a large supply of Spanish grain, which they were able to sell to the poor for one
sestertius per bushel. He was praetor in 201, with
Bruttium as his province.
Valerii Tappones • Lucius Valerius Tappo, tribune of the plebs in 195 BC, opposed the repeal of the
Lex Oppia with Cato the Censor. He was praetor in 192, he obtained Sicily as his province. In 190 he was one of the triumvirs for settling new colonists at Placentia and Cremona. • Gaius Valerius Tappo, tribune of the plebs in 188 BC, proposed that the franchise be extended to the
Formiani,
Fundani, and
Arpinates.
Valerii Triarii • Lucius Valerius Triarius, perhaps the same person as Gaius Valerius Triarius, the legate of
Lucullus. •
Gaius Valerius Triarius, praetor
circa 78 BC, and propraetor in Sardinia in 77, subsequently served as a legate under Lucullus in the war against Mithridates. In 68 and 67, he put Mithridates on the defensive, but overextended himself, and was attacked at a disadvantage. His forces were utterly defeated with great loss of life, and Triarius was only saved by the arrival of Lucullus. • Publius Valerius C. f. Triarius, in 54 BC accused
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, first of
repetundae (extortion) and then of
ambitus (bribery). Cicero defended Scaurus on both occasions. •
Gaius Valerius (C. f.) Triarius, a friend of Cicero, and a supporter of Pompeius during the Civil War. At the
Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Pompeius, acting on Triarius' advice, ordered his troops to stand fast against Caesar's charge. Triarius apparently died during the war, leaving Cicero as the guardian of his children. • Valeria (C. f.) Paula, sister of Cicero's friend Gaius Valerius Triarius, was divorced in 50 BC, and subsequently married
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus.
Valerii Catulli •
Gaius Valerius Catullus, the poet, flourished during the middle of the first century BC. • Lucius Valerius Catullus, a in the time of Augustus. •
Lucius Valerius Catullus Messalinus, consul in AD 73, together with the future emperor Domitian. He was governor of
Crete and Cyrenaica, but recalled due to his mistreatment of the Libyan Jews. He was a notorious
delator during the reign of Domitian, and consul from the kalends of March to the kalends of May in 85.
Valerii Asiatici •
Decimus Valerius Asiaticus, consul in AD 35, serving from the kalends of July. Suspected of
Caligula's murder, he avoided the retribution of the praetorian guard by boldly proclaiming that he wished he had slain the emperor. He was consul in 46, serving until the kalends of March. The following year he fell victim to the intrigues of the empress Messalina. •
Decimus Valerius D. f. Asiaticus, governor of
Gallia Belgica during the reign of Nero. He married a daughter of
Vitellius, and was designated consul for AD 70 under
Vespasian, but died before taking office. •
Marcus Lollius Paullinus Decimus Valerius D. f. D. n. Asiaticus Saturninus, grandson of the emperor Vitellius, was consul in AD 94, serving from the kalends of May to the kalends of August. He was proconsul of Asia from 108 to 109, and from 124 to 134, holding the consulship for a second time in AD 125. • Quintus Valerius Asiaticus, mentioned in a libationary inscription from
Liguria. • Marcus Valerius M. f. Artema, an architect, mentioned in an extant inscription. • Decimus Valerius L. f., a , or maker of bronze vases, from
Tusculum. •
Valerius Aedituus, a Roman poet, who probably lived about 100 BC. Two epigrams quoted in the
Noctes Atticae of
Aulus Gellius are attributed to him. • Gaius Valerius Caburnus, a Gaul who was granted
Roman citizenship by Gaius Valerius Flaccus, the consul of 93 BC. He was the father of Gaius Valerius Procillus. •
Lucius Valerius Antias, sent with five ships by Publius Valerius Flaccus in 215 BC, during the Second Punic War, to convey the Carthaginian ambassadors to Rome. •
Valerius Antias, the
annalist, lived during the first century BC. •
Publius Valerius Cato, a scholar and poet who lived during the first century BC. •
Quintus Valerius Orca, praetor in 57 BC, and subsequently proconsul of Africa. He served under Caesar during the Civil War. • Lucius Valerius Praeconinus, a legate under Caesar's command, who was defeated and slain by the
Aquitani in 57 BC. • Gaius Valerius C. f. Procillus, a Gallic chief who became one of the friends and allies of Caesar during his conquest of
Gaul. He served as Caesar's interpreter and emissary, and was rescued by Caesar after being captured by
Ariovistus, to whom he had been dispatched as an ambassador. • Valerius Valentinus, accused Gaius Cosconius, probably of extortion in his province. Cosconius was apparently guilty, but his acquittal was secured when a bawdy poem by Valentinus was read in court. • Lucius Valerius Acisculus,
triumvir monetalis in 45 BC. • Valerius Ligur, praetorian prefect in the time of Augustus. • Valerius Largus, earned the ire of Augustus by accusing
Gaius Cornelius Gallus. •
Valerius Gratus, as
procurator of
Judaea from AD 15 to 27, fought to deliver the country from robbers, assisted the proconsul Quinctilius Varus in putting down a revolt, and appointed several successive high priests, of whom the last was
Caiaphas. He was followed by
Pontius Pilate. • Valerius Naso, a former praetor, who was appointed to oversee the construction of a temple in honour of
Tiberius at
Smyrna in AD 26. • Valerius Capito, had been banished by
Agrippina the Younger, but after her death,
Nero recalled him. • Valerius Ponticus, banished in AD 61. • Valerius Fabianus, a man of senatorial rank, was degraded in AD 62 by the , after forging a will purportedly belonging to a wealthy relative, Domitius Balbus, in order to claim the latter's fortune. •
Marcus Valerius Probus, a grammarian who flourished from the time of Nero to the end of the first century. He was quite learned, but published little of importance, and seldom took pupils. • Valerius Marinus, announced as consul designate by
Galba in AD 69, he never took office, as Vitellius succeeded to the empire first. • Marcus Valerius Paulinus, a friend and early ally of Vespasian, who had been appointed procurator of
Gallia Narbonensis in AD 69. He served in the Jewish War, and is said to have been consul in AD 101, early in the reign of Trajan. •
Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Valerius Festus, a partisan of
Vespasian, whom he secretly served as legate in Africa. After Vespasian's accession, Festus was named consul in AD 71, serving from the kalends of May to the kalends of July. • Valerius Theon, a
sophist, and the author of a commentary on
Andocides. Some scholars suppose him to be the same person as the sophist
Aelius Theon. •
Publius Valerius Patruinus, consul from the Kalends of July to the Kalends of September in AD 82. • Publius Valerius Marinus, consul from the Kalends of May to the Kalends of September in AD 91. • Quintus Valerius Vegetus, consul from the Kalends of September to the end of the year in AD 91. • Quintus Fabius Barbarus Valerius Magnus Julianus, consul from the Kalends of July to the Kalends of September in AD 99. •
Valeria of Milan, a first- or second-century Christian martyr. •
Marcus Valerius Martialis, otherwise known as "Martial", a poet who flourished under the reigns of Domitian, Nerva, and Trajan, and was famous for his epigrams. • Gaius Valerius Anemestione C. Ius, an , or metalworker, so described in a
Cordovan inscription. •
Gaius Valerius Paullinus, consul
suffectus in AD 107, serving from the Kalends of September to the end of the year. • Valerius Pollio Diodorus, the son of Valerius Pollio, was a philosopher who lived in the age of Hadrian. • Valerius Urbicus, consul in an uncertain year before AD 138. • Marcus Valerius Junianus, consul in AD 143. • Gaius Valerius L. f. Florinus, the brother of Proculus, was a military tribune in the
Legio VII Claudia, according to a second-century inscription from
Praeneste. •
Lucius Valerius L. f. Proculus, the brother of Florinus, was
praefectus annonae from AD 142 to 144, and prefect of
Egypt from 144 to 147. • Sextus Quinctilius Valerius Maximus, consul in AD 151. •
Marcus Valerius Homullus, consul in AD 152, was a friend of
Antoninus Pius, and humorously admonished the emperor on various occasions. • Marcus Valerius Etruscus, legate of the third legion, was probably consul from the Kalends of July to the Kalends of September in AD 154. • Marcus Valerius Bradua, the father of Marcus Valerius Bradua Mauricus, the consul of AD 191. •
Gaius Valerius Pudens, consul in AD 193 or 194. He had been governor of
Pannonia Inferior, and was governor of Britain in the early third century. He was proconsul of Africa
circa 211. • Valerius Bassianus, put to death by Commodus. • Ofilius Valerius Macedo, consul in an uncertain year, before AD 198. • Valerius Catulinus, appointed by
Didius Julianus to succeed
Septimius Severus as governor of
Illyricum, when Severus refused to acknowledge his title. However, Catulinus was slain by Severus' forces. • Marcus Valerius Senecio, consul in an uncertain year, between AD 211 and 217. •
Publius Valerius Eutychianus Comazon, an actor and dancer who became a friend and confidant of
Elagabalus after having taken part in the conspiracy against
Macrinus. He was appointed praetorian prefect, then consul in AD 220, and served three times as , twice under Elagabalus, and again under
Alexander Severus. • Quintus (or Claudius?) Valerius Rufrius Justus, consul
suffectus in an uncertain year, between AD 220 and 230. • Valerius Marcellinus, a historian, and biographer of the emperors, cited by
Julius Capitolinus. •
Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius, a scholar of the late third and early fourth century, who translated the
life of Alexander the Great, of the
Pseudo-Callisthenes, into Latin. •
Valerius of Saragossa, Bishop of
Caesaraugusta in
Hispania Tarraconensis from AD 290 to 315. • Valerius Proculus, consul in AD 325. •
Aurelius Valerius Tullianus Symmachus, consul in AD 330. •
Lucius Aradius Valerius Proculus, also known as
Populonius, consul in AD 340, and from 337 to 338, and from 351 to 352. •
Valerius of Trèves, a fourth-century bishop of
Augusta Treverorum. •
Lucius Valerius Septimius Bassus, under
Gratian,
Valentinian II, and
Theodosius I. • Valerius II, Bishop of Zaragoza,
circa 380 •
Valerius Adelphius Bassus, of Venetia and Histria under Valentinian II, Theodosius I and
Arcadius, and perhaps the son of Lucius Valerius Septimius Bassus. •
Flavius Valerius, consul in AD 432. •
Valerius Faltonius Adelphius, consul in AD 451, perhaps the son of Valerius Adelphius Bassus. • Flavius Valerius, consul in AD 521.
Imperial Valerii •
Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, emperor from AD 284 to 305. •
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus 'Herculius', emperor from AD 286 to 305, 306 to 308, and 310. •
Galerius Valerius Maximianus, better known as
Galerius, emperor from AD 305 to 311. •
Galeria Valeria, the daughter of Diocletian, and second wife of Galerius. •
Galerius Valerius Maximinus Daza, emperor from AD 305 to 313. •
Flavius Valerius Constantius Chlorus, emperor from AD 305 to 306. •
Flavius Valerius Severus, emperor from AD 306 to 307. •
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, emperor from AD 306 to 312. •
Valeria Maximilla, the daughter of Galerius and wife of Maxentius. •
Flavius Valerius Constantinus, better known as
Constantine the Great, emperor from AD 306 to 337. •
Valerius Licinianus Licinius, emperor from AD 308 to 324. •
Valerius Romulus, the son of Maxentius and Valeria Maximilla, consul in AD 308 and 309. •
Julius Valerius Majorianus, emperor from AD 457 to 461. ==See also==