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

Consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

in 456 BC.

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 filiation his name would be written Marcus Valerius M'.f. Volusi n. Maximus Lactuca. He had one known son,

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, the consul suffect in 437 BC.

Biography

Questorship (458)

In 458 BC, Marcus Valerius was elected

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, with Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus as his colleague. They continued the prosecution against the tribune of the plebs,

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started by last year's quaestors. Fictor was accused of giving false testimony in the trial of

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, which had led to Quinctius' exile in 461 BC.

Consulate (456)

In 456 BC, he was elected

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together with Spurius Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus. Their terms of office run during a period of political tension between the

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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 ''

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'', which divided the

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into buildable land for the benefit of the commons.

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, x, 31.1

References

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