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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 AD 361 and 363.<ref name="Mennen2011">{{cite book|author=Inge Mennen|title=Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uZqQjkb07g8C&pg=PA127|date=26 April 2011|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-20359-1|pages=127–}}</ref>

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]], when she was fourteen, and they lived in the suburbs of Rome.  When his wife was twenty-two, he and two of their three sons died of disease; Melania moved to Rome with their remaining son, and she became a [[Christian]].

Valerius Maximus Basilius's surviving son, Valerius Publicola (or Poplicola), married Caeionia Albina, born ca. 368 to [[Caeionius Rufius Albinus]].  Their daughter became Saint [[Melania the Younger]] or Minor.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

==Ancestry==
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|2= 2. [[Valerius Maximus (consul 327)#Ancestry|L. Valerius Maximus Basilius]]
|3= 3. (Junia) Vulcacia
|4= 4. [[Valerius Maximus Basilius (urban prefect 319)#Ancestry|L. Valerius Maximus Basilius]]
|5= 5. Septimia
|6= 6. Neratius Junius Flavianus
|8= 8. [[Messalla (consul 280)#Ancestry|L. Valerius Messalla]]
|10= 10. [[Septimius Bassus#Ancestry|Septimius Bassus]]
|12= 12. Flavius (unidentified)
|16= 16. [[Lucius Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus#Ancestry|L. Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus]]{{refn|group=anc|Lucius Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus was the seventh great-grandson of Valeria Messalla ([[Claudia Marcella Minor]]'s daughter), which made him a descendant of [[Octavia the Younger]].}}
|20= 20. Lucius Septimius Severus
|21= 21. Pomponia Bassa{{refn|group=anc|Pomponia Bassa was the daughter of [[Pomponius Bassus (consul 259 & 271)|Pomponius Bassus]], granddaughter of [[Annia Faustina|Annia Aurelia Faustina]], great-granddaughter of [[Tiberius Claudius Severus Proculus]], great-great-granddaughter of [[Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina]] and great-great-great-granddaughter of Roman Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]].}}
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==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{{Page needed|date=September 2010}}
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{{S-bef| before= [[Septimius Bassus]] }}
{{S-ttl| title= [[List of urban prefects of Rome|''Praefectus urbi'' of Rome]] | years= September 319 – September 323 }}
{{S-aft| after= [[Locrius Verinus]] }}
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| NAME              =Basilius, Valerius Maximus
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Roman proconsul
| DATE OF BIRTH     = 330
| PLACE OF BIRTH    =
| DATE OF DEATH     = 364
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
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[[Category:330 births]]
[[Category:Valerii|Maximus Basilius]]
[[Category:3rd-century Christians]]
[[Category:3rd-century Romans|Maximus Basilius]]
[[Category:364 deaths]]
[[Category:Urban prefects of Rome]]


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