He was the son of
Valerius Maximus and first wife Septimia Bassa. He was
praefectus urbi Romae under the emperors
Gratian,
Valentinian II and
Theodosius I, between 379 (the year of Thedosius's ascension) and 383 (the year of Gratian's death). He possibly married Adelphia, as their son's
nomina and
cognomen suggest, daughter of
Clodius Celsinus Adelphius and wife
Faltonia Betitia Proba, and had a son named Valerius Adelphius Bassus (
fl. 383 and 392),
vir consularis and
consul. Venet. in 383 and in 392, in turn the father of Valerius Adelphius and the paternal grandfather of Adelphia, wife of
Anicius Probus (
fl. 424–459),
praetor in 424 and
vir illustris in 459, son of
Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius and wife and cousin Anicia Juliana, the possible parents of emperor
Anicius Olybrius. ==Ancestry==