Valerius Antias, Roman annalist, a younger contemporary of Quadrigarius, wrote the history of Rome from the earliest times, in a voluminous work consisting seventy-five books.

He is notorious for his wilful exaggeran, both in narrative and numerical statements. For instance, asserts the number of the Sabine virgins to have been exactly 7; again, in a certain year when no Greek or Latin writers mention any important campaign, Antias speaks of a big battle with enormous casualties.

Nevertheless, Livy at first made use him as one of his chief authorities, until he became convinced his untrustworthiness.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.