Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca

Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca is a Roman politician of the fifth century 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
ChildrenManius Valerius Volusus Maximus

Family

He is a member of the Valerius Maximus, patrician branch of the Valeria people. He is one of the grandchildren of Volusus Valerius and the son of Manius Valerius Volusus Maximus. His full name is Marcus Valerius M'.f. Volusi n. Maximus Lactuca .[2]

Biography

Questure (458)

In 458 BC, Marcus Valerius is a Quaestor, with Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus. They pick up on accusations made against Marcus Volscius Fictor by last year's Quaestors. The latter accuse Fictor of false testimony in the trial of Kaeso Quinctius and thus provoked his conviction .[3]

Consulate (456)

In 456 BC he is elected consul with Spurius Verginius Tricostus for colleagues. Their terms of office run during a period of political tension between the plebe represented by its tribunes, which demand the writing of consular rights through the rogatio Terentilia, and the patricians who strongly oppose it. Eventually the patricians had to make concessions and the tribun voted the consular rights into law, the lex Icilia de Aventino publicando , which divides the 'Aventin in buildable lots for the benefit of the plebe [4][5][6][7][8]

References
  1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  2. Broughton 1951, p. 41.
  3. Broughton 1951, p. 40.
  4. Broughton 1951, p. 42.
  5. Diodorus of Sicily , Universal History , XII, 3
  6. Tite-Live, Roman History , Book III, 31
  7. http://www.the-romans.eu/books/Roman-antiquities-10.php#31
  8. http://www.the-romans.eu/books/Ab-urbe-condita-3.php#31
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