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Lucius Valerius Flaccus praetor 63 (103 - c.53 B.C.)
One of the outstanding military men (viri militares) of the nobility in Cicero's generation. In an unusually active career the only provinces of the empire he is not attested serving in are Sicily, Sardinia and Gallia Cisalpina, and he certainly travelled through the latter on the far ranging embassy of 60 BC.
His trial for extortion in 59 BC following his command of Asia province is the subject of Cicero's defense speech pro L. Flacco, extant almost complete (delivered autumn 59, written in 57 or 56 BC). Cicero emphasizes his reputation and career as a military man. Most of this service was spent in the arduous task of rooting out pirates from their most important bases, and suppressing collaborators, in Pamphylia and Crete.