Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus

Marcus Valerius Messalla ( Barbatus ?) Appianus († 12 BC ) was a Roman politician and senator .

Messalla's biological father was Appius Claudius Pulcher , consul in 38 BC. BC Marcus Valerius Messalla, who in 32 BC Was consul, is probably his adoptive father . Around 14 BC Messalla married Claudia Marcella the younger , daughter of Octavia Minor and Gaius Claudius Marcellus , with whom he had a son, Marcus Valerius Messala Barbatus , the father of Valeria Messalina , the wife of Emperor Claudius . Messalla died during his consulate in 12 BC. In the year in which his daughter Claudia Pulchra , who later became the wife of Publius Quinctilius Varus , was born. Further details of his political career are not known.

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SURNAME	Valerius Messalla Appianus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Messalla, Marcus Valerius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul in 12 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	12 BC Chr.