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Lucius Valerius Potitus (consul in 483 and 470 BC)

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Lucius Valerius Potitus was an aristocrat in the early Roman republic.

He was the son of Marcus Valerius Volusus, who was consul in 505 BC.

He held the office of quaestor parricidii in 485 BC in connection with the trial and execution of Spurius Cassius Viscellinus. His role in the trial of Cassius made Valerius unpopular with the plebs, and yet the senate succeeded in having Valerius elected consul in 483 BC, and again in 470 BC.

According to Livy, during Valerius' first consulship in 483 BC the tribunes continued their attempts to increase their powers, but were at that time successfully resisted by the Roman senate.

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Lucius Valerius Potitus (consul in 483 and 470 BC) Wikipedia