Valerius Maximus Basilius

Valerius Maximus signo Basilius (fl. 319–323 AD) was a prominent Roman senator during the reign of the emperor Constantine I. A pagan, he must have had a successful political career, as he managed to be appointed urban prefect of Rome (praefectus urbi Romae), serving from 1 September 319 until 13 September 323.[1] 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.[2]

Valerius Maximus was either the son of Messalla, the Roman consul of AD 280, or (more likely) another descendant of Lucius Valerius Claudius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus, the consul of AD 253.[3]

Christian Settipani has speculated that Valerius Maximus married the daughter of Septimius Bassus and had a son Valerius Maximus.[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Valerius Maximus Basilius

16. L. Valerius Messalla Apollinaris[anc 1]

8. L. Valerius Claudius Acilius Priscillianus Maximus

4. L. Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus

2. L. Valerius Messalla

1. Valerius Maximus Basilius

Notes

Lucius Valerius Messalla Apollinaris was a descendant of Octavia the Younger, through her granddaughter Valeria Messallia (daughter of Claudia Marcella Minor).

References

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
Potter, David S. (2014) [2004]. The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395 (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-415-84054-5.
Mennen, Inge, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011), pg. 127
Settipani,Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, (2000)

Political offices
Preceded by Septimius Bassus	Praefectus urbi of Rome 319–323	Succeeded by Locrius Verinus

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[5] Lucius Valerius Messalla Apollinaris was a descendant of Octavia the Younger, through her granddaughter Valeria Messallia (daughter of Claudia Marcella Minor).

[1] 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

[2] Potter, David S. (2014) [2004]. The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395 (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-415-84054-5.

[3] Mennen, Inge, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011), pg. 127

[4] Settipani,Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, (2000)