Publius Valerius Laevinus

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Publius Valerius Laevinus was consul together with Tiberius Coruncanius 280 BC. Chr.

He was the commander of the Roman forces in the battle of Heraclea , which was lost to Pyrrhus of Epirus . But he prevented the loss of Capua , Neapolis and Rhegion . The tradition of the battle is considered badly distorted.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC-100 BC Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1951. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. Of the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), pp. 190-192
  2. ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus XIX.9-12
  3. ↑ Hans Volkmann : Valerius 213) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity . Second row. Volume 8.1: Valerius Fabrianus to P. Vergilius Maro (RE VIII A, 1). Druckmüller, Stuttgart 1955, column 50

literature

Hans Volkmann : Valerius 213) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity . Second row. Volume 8.1: Valerius Fabrianus to P. Vergilius Maro (RE VIII A, 1). Druckermüller, Stuttgart 1955, column 50f.

personal data
SURNAME Laevinus, Publius Valerius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician and consul
DATE OF BIRTH around 330 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 250 BC Chr.