4. M.ValeriusMaximus, M. F. M. N., was four times praetor and consul in B. C. 312. His province was Samnium, and it afforded him a De Samlnitibus Soraneisque (Fasti). He was legatus to the dictator, Papirius Cursor, in B. C. 308, and censor iln B. C. 307, when he extended or improved the roads through the demesne lands. (Liv. 9.29, 40, 41, 43.)