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Possible forms:
Possible forms:
:''Valerius'', male singular ([[nominative]])
*''Valerius'', male singular
:''Valeria'', female singular (nominative)
*''Valeria'', female singular
:''Valerii'', male plural (nominative)
*''Valerii'', male plural
:''Valerianus'', male adoptive ([[genitive]])
*''Valerianus'', male adoptive

== Brnaches of the gens Valeria ==
Among the branches of the Valerii, there were those who bore the cognomen [[Messalla]].
Messalla was originally assumed by [[Marcus Valerius Maximus]] after his relief of [[Messana]] in Sicily from blockade by the Carthaginians in the second year of the first [[Punic war]], [[263 BC]].(Macrob. Sat. i. 6 ; Sen. Brev. Vit. 13.) They appear for the first time on the consular Fasti in 263 BC, and for the last in [[506]]; and, during this period of nearly eight centuries, they held twenty-two consulships and three cen­sorships.(Sidon. Apoll. Carm. ix. 302 ; Rutil. L c.; Symmach. Ep. vii. 90.) The cognomen Messalla, frequently written Messala, appears with the agnomens Barbatus, Niger, Rufus, with the nomens Ennodius, Pacatus, Silius, Thrasia Priscus, Vipstanus, and with the praenomens Potitus and Volesus, and was itself originally, and when com­bined with Corvinus, an agnomen, as M. Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, i. e. of Messana.


== Famous members of the ''gens Valeria'' ==
== Famous members of the ''gens Valeria'' ==
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* Marcus Valerius M'.f. Maximus Messala, consul [[226 BC]]
* Marcus Valerius M'.f. Maximus Messala, consul [[226 BC]]
* Marcus Valerius P.f. Laevinus, consul [[221 BC]], [[210 BC]]
* Marcus Valerius P.f. Laevinus, consul [[221 BC]], [[210 BC]]
* Marcus Valerius M.f. Messalla, consul [[188 BC]]
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 188 BC)|Marcus Valerius M.f. Messalla]], consul [[188 BC]]
* Gaius Valerius M.f. Laevinus, suffect consul [[176 BC]]
* Gaius Valerius M.f. Laevinus, suffect consul [[176 BC]]
* Marcus Valerius Messalla, consul [[166 BC]]
* Marcus Valerius Messalla, consul [[166 BC]]
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* Marcus Valerius Messala Barbatus, married [[Domitia Lepida]]
* Marcus Valerius Messala Barbatus, married [[Domitia Lepida]]
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus]], consul [[3 BC]]
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus]], consul [[3 BC]]
* [[Valerius Maximus]], historian [[1st century]] AD
* [[Valerius Maximus]], historian [[1st century]]
* Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus, possible consul [[5]] AD
* Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus, possible consul [[5]]
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]], consul [[20]] AD
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]], consul [[20]]
* [[Decimus Valerius Asiaticus]], consul in [[35]] and [[46]]
* [[Decimus Valerius Asiaticus]], consul in [[35]] and [[46]]
* [[Potitus Valerius Corvus Rufus Sulla]], consul in [[100]] AD
* [[Potitus Valerius Corvus Rufus Sulla]], consul in [[100]]
* [[Volsus Valerius Valus Sulla Valerianus]], praetor in [[132]] AD
* [[Volsus Valerius Valus Sulla Valerianus]], praetor in [[132]]
* [[Poplicola Valerius Sulla Felix]]
* [[Poplicola Valerius Sulla Felix]]
* [[Phillipus Valerius Sulla Felix]]
* [[Phillipus Valerius Sulla Felix]]
* [[Phillipus Valerius Sulla Felix Cassianus]], consul in 193 AD
* [[Phillipus Valerius Sulla Felix Cassianus]], consul in 193
* [[Marcus Valerius Martialis]] (Martial), poet [[1st century]] AD
* [[Marcus Valerius Martialis]] (Martial), poet [[1st century]]
* Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, consul [[58]]
* Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, consul [[58]]
* [[Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Valerius Festus]], suffect consul [[71]]
* [[Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Valerius Festus]], suffect consul [[71]]
* [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], poet [[1st century]] AD
* [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], poet [[1st century]]
* [[Lucius Valerius Licinianus]], advocate [[1st century]] AD
* [[Lucius Valerius Licinianus]], advocate [[1st century]]
* [[Valerius Probus]], grammarian [[1st century]] AD
* [[Valerius Probus]], grammarian [[1st century]]
* Marcus Valerius Bradua Mauricus, consul [[191]]
* Marcus Valerius Bradua Mauricus, consul [[191]]
* Lucius Valerius Messalla Thrasea Priscus, consul [[196]]
* Lucius Valerius Messalla Thrasea Priscus, consul [[196]]

Revision as of 13:23, 18 August 2006

Valerius was a Roman nomen of the gens Valeria, one of the oldest families of the city. The name was in use throughout Roman history.

Possible forms:

  • Valerius, male singular
  • Valeria, female singular
  • Valerii, male plural
  • Valerianus, male adoptive

Brnaches of the gens Valeria

Among the branches of the Valerii, there were those who bore the cognomen Messalla. Messalla was originally assumed by Marcus Valerius Maximus after his relief of Messana in Sicily from blockade by the Carthaginians in the second year of the first Punic war, 263 BC.(Macrob. Sat. i. 6 ; Sen. Brev. Vit. 13.) They appear for the first time on the consular Fasti in 263 BC, and for the last in 506; and, during this period of nearly eight centuries, they held twenty-two consulships and three cen­sorships.(Sidon. Apoll. Carm. ix. 302 ; Rutil. L c.; Symmach. Ep. vii. 90.) The cognomen Messalla, frequently written Messala, appears with the agnomens Barbatus, Niger, Rufus, with the nomens Ennodius, Pacatus, Silius, Thrasia Priscus, Vipstanus, and with the praenomens Potitus and Volesus, and was itself originally, and when com­bined with Corvinus, an agnomen, as M. Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, i. e. of Messana.

Famous members of the gens Valeria


Other uses of the name Valerius

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