Family
Lucius was the younger brother of the Gaius Valerius Flaccus who was consul in 93 BC; his son was the Lucius Valerius Flaccus (praetor 63 BC) who was defended by Cicero in the speech Pro Flacco. The older Lucius Valerius Flaccus who was consul in 100 BC and princeps senatus in 86 is a cousin.
Inscriptional evidence from Magnesia on the Maeander pertaining either to this Lucius Flaccus or to his son, who also was a governor of Asia, says he was married to a daughter of L. Saufeius and had a daughter named Valeria Paulla; his mother, a Baebia, is also commemorated. Flaccus is called ἀνθύπατος (anthupatos), a Greek term for proconsul, which would point to the father rather than the son defended by Cicero.
Read more about this topic: Lucius Valerius Flaccus (suffect Consul 86 BC)
Famous quotes containing the word family:
“The intent of matrimony, is not for man and wife to be always taken up with each other, but jointly to discharge the duties of civil society, to govern their family with prudence, and educate their children with discretion.”
—Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany (June 1807)
“—the dark ajar, the rocks breaking with light,
and undisturbed, unbreathing flame,
colorless, sparkless, freely fed on straw,
and, lulled within, a family with pets,
—and looked and looked our infant sight away.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“The family is constantly changing, as each member changes. Some changes we recognize as developments, and the pleasure they bring usually makes us more adaptable. Some changes threaten, or disappoint other members, who may try to resist the change, or punish someone for changing.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)