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Gaius Valerius Potitus was
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 throu ...
with M. Claudius Marcellus in 331 BC and was
aedile ''Aedile'' ( ; la, aedīlis , from , "temple edifice") was an elected office of the Roman Republic. Based in Rome, the aediles were responsible for maintenance of public buildings () and regulation of public festivals. They also had powers to ...
in 329 BC. His father was Gaius Valerius Potitus (''
Tribuni militum consulari potestate A consular tribune was putatively a type of magistrate in the early Roman Republic. According to Roman tradition, colleges of consular tribunes held office throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC during the so-called "Conflict of the Or ...
'' in 370 BC) and his brother was Lucius Valerius Potitus ('' magister equitum'' in 331 BC). During his consulship, Valerius carried out the execution of some 170 women accused of murdering their husbands with poison. They were all convicted on the testimony of one slave girl. During his term as aedile, Valerius brought
Marcus Flavius Marcus Flavius was Tribune of the Plebs in 327 and again in 323 BC.Valerius Maximus, ''Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium libri IX'' ix. 10. § 1. In 329 BC, Flavius was accused of seducing married women by the aedile, Gaius Valerius Potitus (cons ...
to trial for adultery. During the trial, Valerius lost his temper and claimed he didn't care whether or not he was ruining an innocent man as long as Flavius was being ruined. Because of this he failed to convict Flavius.
Valerius Maximus Valerius Maximus () was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: ''Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX'' ("Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as ''De factis dictisque memorabilibus'' ...
, ''Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium libri IX'' viii. 1. § 7.


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