Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus (Consul 58)
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus was a Roman politician and senator in the 1st century AD
Messalla Corvinus was a son of Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus , consul in the year 20. Before the year 47 he was Quaestor as candidate of the Emperor Claudius in the province of Lycia , where he and his wife Vilia Flacilla were honored with a statue of honor in the city of Limyra . Since the year 47/48 he was a member of the priestly college of the Arval Brothers . In 58 he became consul with Emperor Nero ; from May to June then with Gaius Fonteius Agrippa . Since his family was impoverished, he received an annual donation of 500,000 sesterces from Nero .
literature
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) ² V 144.
Remarks
- ↑ AE 2007, 1500 = SEG 57, 1649.
- ↑ CIL 4, 3340 , No. 145.
- ↑ CIL 4, 3340 , No. 146.
- ↑ Tacitus , Annals 13:34.
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| SURNAME | Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Messalla, Marcus Valerius; Corvinus, Marcus Valerius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Consul in 58 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |