Gaius Valerius Firmus

Gaius Valerius Firmus was a Roman eques who held a number of military and civilian positions in the third century AD, most importantly praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt during the reign of the Emperor Philip the Arab.

Firmus is attested as governor of Egypt from May 245 to at least as late as 248; his successor,

Pharos to return home to Side.^[3] A third, dated to 17 July of the same year, concerns the appointment of Aurelius Isidorus to serve as the deputy of Aurelius Bios (surnamed Ammonius) while Isidorus was meeting with Firmus about the assessment of the nome.^[4]

His life after he stepped down as praefectus is a blank.

References

^ Guido Bastianini, "Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30a al 299p", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 17 (1975), p. 314
A. S. Hunt
), vol. iv pp. 196f

^ Papyri Oxyrhynchus, 1271. English translation in A. S. Hunt and C.C. Edgar, Select Papyri, II. Non-literary Papyri. Public Documents (London: Loeb, 1932), pp. 320f

^ Papyri Oxyrhynchus, 1662. English translation in Hunt and Edgar, Select Papyri, II, pp. 396f

Political offices

Preceded by
Aurelius Basileus
Prefectus of Aegyptus
245-248 Succeeded by
Aurelius Appius Sabinus

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[1] Guido Bastianini, "Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30a al 299p", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 17 (1975), p. 314

[2] A. S. Hunt
), vol. iv pp. 196f

[3] Papyri Oxyrhynchus, 1271. English translation in A. S. Hunt and C.C. Edgar, Select Papyri, II. Non-literary Papyri. Public Documents (London: Loeb, 1932), pp. 320f

[4] Papyri Oxyrhynchus, 1662. English translation in Hunt and Edgar, Select Papyri, II, pp. 396f

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