Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger

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Tiber boundary stone with the names of the censors Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger , Publius Servilius Vatia and the senatus consultum as an inscription (CIL 06, 31540e)

Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger (* around 104 BC; † around 50 BC) was a Roman politician and speaker of the late republic.

He was probably the son of a Marcus Valerius Messalla, who lived in 90 BC. Chr. Bequest was grandchild of a Manius Valerius Messalla (perhaps governor of Asia to 120 v. Chr.) And great grandchildren of Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 161 v. Chr.) . Messalla, after having served twice in the military tribune, in about 73 BC. The bursary . 64 BC BC he was Praetor urbanus . In 61 BC He held the consulate . In contrast to his counterpart Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus , he wanted to pursue Publius Clodius Pulcher because of his outrage at the festival of Bona Dea.

59 BC Messalla belonged to a commission for the implementation of Caesar's land distribution law. 55/54 BC He was a censor and, together with his colleague Publius Servilius Vatia, took care of the regulation of the Tiber. He was Interrex three times (probably 55, 53 and 52 BC) . Since no later than 73 BC BC he belonged to the college of pontifices .

He was a respected speaker and collected 80 BC. BC Evidence for the defense of the Sextus Roscius from Ameria .

Messalla's son was Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus .

literature

  • Hans Georg Gundel: Messalla I. 8. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1243.

Remarks

  1. ^ TRS Broughton, The magistrates of the Roman republic , Vol. 3: Supplement , 1986, p. 212.
  2. ↑ CIL 06, 31540e
  3. ↑ His Elogium on the Augustus Forum indicates the stations of the cursus honorum : M (arcus) Valerius M (arci) f (ilius) M (ani) [n (epos)] / Messalla pontife [x] / tr (ibunus) mil (itum) II q (uaestor) pr (aetor) urb (anus) co (n) [s (ul)] / Vvir a (gris) d (andis) a (dsignandis) i (udicandis) / interr [ex] III censor ; CIL 6, 3826 .
  4. ↑ Cf. Marcus Tullius Cicero , Brutus 247.
  5. ^ Cicero, Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino 149.
personal data
SURNAME Valerius Messalla Niger, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Messalla Niger, Marcus Valerius; Niger, Marcus Valerius Messalla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician and speaker
DATE OF BIRTH around 104 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 50 BC Chr.