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'''Valerius Maximus Basilius''' (c. 330 - aft. 364) was a [[Proconsul]] of [[Achaea (Roman province)|Achaea]] and a [[Praefectus Urbi]] Romae between 361 and 363.

He was the son of [[Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius (consul)|Lucius Valerius Maximus Basilius]] and second wife Vulcacia.

He married Saint [[Melania the Elder]] or Maior, one of the wealthiest citizens of the empire, born in [[Hispania|Spain]], when she was fourteen, and they lived in the suburbs of Rome. She lost her husband and two out of three sons to disease when she was twenty-two. She moved with her remaining son to Rome. She became a [[Christian]] after widowed. Their son Valerius Publicola or Poplicola married Caeionia Albina, born c. 368, daughter of [[Caeionius Rufius Albinus]] and wife, and their daughter became Saint [[Melania the Younger]] or Minor.<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bernd-jansen&id=I436340</ref>

==References==
* [[Christian Settipani]]. ''[[:fr:Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale (Christian Settipani)|Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale]]'', 2000
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