Marcus Valerius Laevinus

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Marcus Valerius Laevinus († 200 BC ) was a Roman politician and military officer at the time of the Second Punic and the First Macedonian-Roman War .

Life

Marcus Valerius Laevinus began his career in 227 BC. When he was appointed the first praetor (here as military governor ) of the newly created first Roman province Sardinia et Corsica . Probably 220 BC BC (dating uncertain) he held the consulate for the first time as a suffect consul . 215 BC He was praetor peregrinus . In this position he was actually responsible for disputes between Romans and non-Romans, but also commanded Roman troops in Apulia . As a reaction to the new alliance of the Rome opponents Hannibal and Philip V, Valerius was appointed commander of a Roman fleet. 214 BC He is said to have secured with this Taranto . When the city of Orikos called for help , he crossed the Adriatic and retook Orikos. In addition, he horrified Apollonia . Until the conclusion of a contract with the Aitolians in 211 BC He remained responsible for this theater of war. Then he conquered the cities of Zakynthos , Oiniadai , Nasos and in the spring of 210 BC. Chr. Antikyra . Then he found out about his election as Consul of the Year.

In the Senate , questions of dealing with former allies and, above all, financial problems had to be clarified. Valerius was able to convince the senators to make voluntary contributions to the war chest. Other Romans followed suit. Then he set out for the province of Sicily, which he had exchanged with his colleague Marcus Claudius Marcellus . In Sicily he could thanks betrayal Akragas take. He made sure that marauders withdrew and thus secured a not inconsiderable part of Rome's grain supply for the future. After he stayed in Rome because of the dispute over the election control, he returned to Sicily. He was there since 209 BC. Chr. Proconsul next to a Praetor and made itself earned on the island to agriculture. In addition, he raided the African coast several times with his fleet. 206 BC He returned to Rome. The order, 205 BC To bring troops to Arretium to be used against the Carthaginian general Mago is an annalistic forgery. However, he led an embassy to pick up the Magna Mater .

204 BC BC Valerius proposed that the 210 BC Amounts laid out by senators and other donors for the war should be repaid. The request was granted. In the following year, he was likely to oppose an acceptance of the moderate peace treaty negotiated with Carthage by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus . 200 BC Valerius died. The outbreak of the second Macedonian-Roman War in autumn 200 BC Chr. He did not live with.

Valerius had at least three sons, including the suffect consul from 176 BC. BC, Gaius Valerius Laevinus .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Volkmann : Valerius 211). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII A, 1, Stuttgart 1955, Col. 49.
  2. ↑ The main source for Marcus Valerius Laevinus' life is Titus Livius , especially book 23, chapters 24 to 37. His descriptions are in part very imprecise.
personal data
SURNAME Valerius Laevinus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laevinus, Marcus Valerius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician, consul 220 BC BC (?) And 210 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 200 BC Chr.