Lucius Valery Potit (consul of 393 BC)

Lucius Valery belonged to one of the most noble patrician families of Rome. The legendary ancestor Valeriyev was a Sabine and moved to Rome with the co-ruler of Romulus Titus Tatsiy ^[1] . His descendant Publius Valery Publikola became one of the founders of the Roman Republic and consul in the first year of its existence (509 BC. E.), and later Valeria regularly appeared in Capitoline fasts . In a letter, representatives of this genus were called Valesius , while at the end of the 4th century BC e. Appius Claudius Tsek did not modernize the Latin language, bringing the written language standards in line with live speech ^{[2] [3]} .

The father of Lucius Valeria was the consul of 449 BC. e. of the same name , grandson of Pubicola ^[4] .

For sixteen years, Lucius Valery five times became a military tribune with consular power . In 414 BC e. he was one of the four highest magistrates ^[5] . His colleague Publius Postumius Albin Regillen was killed by his own soldiers, after which Interrex was appointed ^[6] .

In 406 BC e. Potit also had three colleagues ^[7] . By the decision of the Senate , the stands of this year submitted to the National Assembly a proposal to declare war on the Weyam , as Roman ambassadors were offended in this city. But the plebeians rejected this proposal. Subsequently, the stands fought with the Volks : Lucius Valery acted against Antia , and then joined one of his colleagues, Numerius Fabius , to take and plunder Anksur together. The captured rich booty went to the legionnaires , who, moreover, for the first time in the history of Rome received a salary for this year. This significantly improved the relationship between the plebeians and the patricians, in particular, allowing the senate to nevertheless begin a war with the Wei ^[8] .

In 403, Lucius Valery became a member of the collegium of military stands of the maximum number: a total of eight people were selected ^[9] . During this tribune, the siege of Weil continued, and the army of Rome continued military operations for the first time in winter ^[10] .

During the fourth tribune (401 BC), Lucius Valerius had five colleagues ^[11] . In conditions of war on several fronts, he received a lot by command in the war against the Volks and after an unsuccessful assault on Anksur began a siege of the city, which was successful only the following year ^[12] . In 398 BC e. Potit was again one of the six military tribunes. ^[13] He waged war with Faleria and was mainly engaged in robberies, collecting huge prey ^[14] .

In 394, Potit went as ambassador to Delphi to deliver a golden cup as a gift to Apollo ^[15] . On the way, the embassy ship was captured by Lipar pirates, but the leader of the latter released the Romans and even provided them with protection ^[16] .

In 393 BC e. Lucius Valerius was chosen as consul along with Publius Cornelius Maluginsky , but both soon had to resign as elected with an error ^{[17] [18]} . Potit was elected in the election for 392, and Mark Manlius Capitolin became his colleague ^[19] . The consuls organized the Great Games, fulfilling the vow of Mark Fury Camille , and defeated the eqs , and the enemy fled without even accepting the battle. Nevertheless, Lucius Valery received a triumph - “for his persistence in exterminating the running enemy” ^[20] .

The following year, when both consuls became ill, the Senate ordered them to resign and appointed three interrexes one after the other. The third was Lucius Valery, who organized the election of military stands for the next year ^[21] . In 390 BC e., after the capture of Rome by the Gauls and the proclamation of Mark Fury Camille as dictator , Lucius Valery became the head of the cavalry ^[22] . His task was to bring the army from Wei ^[23] .

The last mention of Lucius Valerius refers to 387 BC. e., when he was interreks (again the third in a row) and held the election of military stands ^{[24] [25]} .

The sons of Lucius Valerius were five-time military stands with consular power Lucius Valeriy Publikola and six-time stands of Publius Valeriy Potit Publikola ^[26] .

Sources

1. Titus Livy. The history of Rome from the foundation of the city. - M. , 1989. - T. 1. - 576 p. - ISBN 5-02-008995-8 .
2. Fasti Capitolini (neopr.) . Site "History of Ancient Rome". Date of treatment December 18, 2016.

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