Gaius Valerius Flaccus | |
|---|---|
| Consul of the Roman Republic | |
| In office January 93 BC – December 93 BC Serving with Marcus Herennius | |
| Preceded by | Gaius Coelius Caldus and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus |
| Succeeded by | Gaius Claudius Pulcher and Marcus Perperna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Unknown |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Roman_Military_banner.svg){kind=small} Roman Republic |
| Commands | Governor of Asia Governor of Hispania Citerior Governor of Hispania Ulterior Governor of Gallia Cisalpina Governor of Gallia Transalpina |
Gaius Valerius Flaccus (fl. early 1st century BC) was a Roman general, politician and statesman. He was consul of the Roman Republic in 93 BC and a provincial governor in the late-90s and throughout the 80s.[1] He is notable for his balanced stance during the Sullan civil wars, the longevity of his term as governor, and his efforts to extend citizenship to non-Romans.
He followed a normal course of magisterial roles in his younger years, culminating in his consulship, the highest civil rank in republican Rome. In 92 he was appointed governor of one or both of the Roman provinces in Hispania, inheriting a bloody insurrection. He suppressed it and governed for a lengthy period, with noted punctilio to legal procedures. At some point in the 80s Flaccus was appointed governor of Gallia Transalpina (southern France); it is possible that at the same time he was also governor of Gallia Cisalpina (northern Italy). It is not known whether he retained his governorships in Hispania at the same time.
Flaccus remained neutral in the series of conflicts between the Marius-Cinna faction and that of Sulla, until his brother Lucius Flaccus was killed by a supporter of Marius and Cinna. He then shifted towards supporting Sulla, without overtly declaring for him. Sulla triumphed in 82 and Flaccus celebrated a triumph under his dictatorship.
- ^ T.R.S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, vol. 2, 99 B.C.–31 B.C. (New York: American Philological Association, 1952), pp. 9, 10 (note 4), 18, 58–59, 61, 64, 70, 77–78, 628.