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Although it's conventional to distinguish various Romans of the same name by their highest office, I created a redirect for Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 100 BC) and named the article Lucius Valerius Flaccus (princeps senatus 86 BC). For two reasons: Flaccus's primary historical significance lies in his actions as princeps; also, there's another L. Valerius Flaccus who is significant that year as suffect consul. I'm currently working on his article under the title Lucius Valerius Flaccus (suffect consul 86 BC). I thought the best way to distinguish the two men was by the office they held that same year, in case someone was looking for a man by this name who was active that year and was as confused as I initially was. Cynwolfe ( talk) 15:37, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
I know this is 10 years old, but princeps senatus is not an office with a fixed period of tenure, so it's kind of arbitrary to label him as (princeps senatus 86 BC) when his exact tenure is not specified. Perhaps (interrex 82 BC) might be more appropriate, since it's actually with that office that Flaccus allowed Sulla to become dictator. Avis11 ( talk) 00:18, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
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Although it's conventional to distinguish various Romans of the same name by their highest office, I created a redirect for Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 100 BC) and named the article Lucius Valerius Flaccus (princeps senatus 86 BC). For two reasons: Flaccus's primary historical significance lies in his actions as princeps; also, there's another L. Valerius Flaccus who is significant that year as suffect consul. I'm currently working on his article under the title Lucius Valerius Flaccus (suffect consul 86 BC). I thought the best way to distinguish the two men was by the office they held that same year, in case someone was looking for a man by this name who was active that year and was as confused as I initially was. Cynwolfe ( talk) 15:37, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
I know this is 10 years old, but princeps senatus is not an office with a fixed period of tenure, so it's kind of arbitrary to label him as (princeps senatus 86 BC) when his exact tenure is not specified. Perhaps (interrex 82 BC) might be more appropriate, since it's actually with that office that Flaccus allowed Sulla to become dictator. Avis11 ( talk) 00:18, 18 June 2020 (UTC)