Lucius Valery Potit (consul 483 BC)

Lucius Valerius Potitus ( Latin: Lucius Valerius Potitus ) - Roman politician and military leader, consul 483 and 470 BC. e.

Son of Mark Valery Volus , consul 505 BC e.

In 485 BC e. was a quaestor and, together with his colleague Kezon Fabius Vibulan, brought to trial a crime against the fatherland of the former consul Spurius Cassius , who proposed a new agrarian law in the interests of the plebs and was accused by the patricians of pursuing tsarist power. Spurius Cassius was convicted and executed ^[1] .

The patricians secured the election of Lucius Valerius as consul for 483 BC. e. along with Mark Fabius . Due to the opposition of the plebeian tribune of Guy Menius, the consuls could hardly recruit troops. Valery spoke out against the Volks , but did not succeed, because the soldiers hated him for the massacre of Spurius Cassius and did not want to fight. It was also not possible to hold consular elections by the end of the year, since the plebeian tribunes every time dissolved comitia ^[2] .

The second time Potit was consul in 470 BC. e. together with Tiberius Emilius Mamerk . The Senate continued to discuss land law, and this time Valery spoke out in favor of its adoption, trying to moderate the hatred that the plebeians felt for him. He commanded a campaign on the equivalent , but again did not succeed. According to legend, whenever the Romans approached the enemy camp, a storm began with lightning and thunder, and as soon as they retreated, and the sky became clear again. Seeing this deity’s will, the Romans returned to the City ^[3] .

His son was Lucius Valery Potitus , consul 449 BC. e.