Valerius Maximus Basilius

A pagan, he must have had a successful political career, as he managed to be appointed urban prefect of Rome ({{lang|la|praefectus urbi Romae}}), serving from 1 September 319 until 13 September 323.Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260-395, Cambridge University Press (1971), pg. 589 He held this post while Constantine was campaigning in the Balkans, and the emperor's son, the Caesar Crispus was at Augusta Treverorum. The abnormally long period of time he held this post, and the extended imperial absence, indicate that he was a trusted imperial subordinate.{{cite book |last=Potter |year=2014 |first=David S. |title=The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395 |page=382 |edition=2nd |orig-year=2004 |publisher=Routledge |place=London |isbn=978-0-415-84054-5 |url={{googlebooks|7HKFAgAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} |author-link=David Stone Potter |ref={{sfnref|Potter}} }}

Valerius Maximus was either the son of Lucius Valerius Messalla, consul in 280, or (more likely) another descendant of the first's father Lucius Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus, consul in 253, thus paternal nephew of the first.Mennen, Inge, [{{googlebooks|uZqQjkb07g8C|pg=PA127|plainurl=y}} Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284] (2011), pg. 127

He was probably the father of Valerius Maximus and, by Melania the Elder, Valerius Publicola.

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Category:4th-century Romans

Category:Urban prefects of Rome

Maximus Basilius

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