person
Lucius Valerius (the jurisconsult)
L. Valerius
also: L. Valerium, L. Valerius
Lucius Valerius, styled jurisconsult, a member of Cicero's household and intimate circle whom Cicero commended to Appius in 53 BC; possibly the legal expert Cicero elsewhere consults. Uncertain whether identical with any other Valerius in the corpus.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 3.1 §3 the jurisconsult
A iurisconsultus was an expert in civil law who advised litigants and drafted legal formulas; Cicero puns that this Valerius needs better legal protection than he gives others.