Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VALE1201 M. Valerius (252) M. f. M'. n. Messalla

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 224?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

    Develin no. 128.

Relationships

son of
? M. Valerius (251) M'. f. M. n. (Maximus) Messalla (cos. 226) (Brennan 2000)
father of
? M. Valerius (253) M. f. M. n. Messalla (cos. 161) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Praetor 193 inter peregrinos, Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elections: Liv. 34.54.2 Provinces and armies Liv. 34.55.6, and 56.9. (Broughton MRR I)
    • SIG 601. See Münzer, Gent. Val. 51, no. 53. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 730 (Brennan 2000)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 189 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Consul 188 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 38.35.1; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 122, 454f.; Obseq. 2; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Livius, SIG 611; cf. Holleaux, BCH 54 (1930) 40f., and Daux, Delphes 262. Livius was assigned to Gaul, and Valerius to Pisa and Liguria (Liv. 38.35.7-10, and 42.1; and on the foundation of Forum Livii, see RE s. v.). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 51, no. 53. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 174 Macedonia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to Macedonia to King Perseus (Liv. 41.22.3). See 173, Legates; and on Valerius, Münzer, Gent. Val. 51, no. 53. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 173 Macedonia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Early in 173 these reported their failure to meet King Perseus and the Preparations for war in Macedonia (Liv. 42.2.1-2). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Decemvir Sacris Faciundis 172 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See 211, Decemviri sacris faciundis; Bardt 30. Papus may have succeeded M. Aemilius Lepidus who assumed this priesthood in 211. (Broughton MRR I)
    • M. Valerius Messalla succeeded L. Aemilius Papus. Liv. 42.28.10-13. See Münzer, Gent. Val. 51, no. 53. Bardt (30) holds that his son, Consul 161, may have been the successor (cf. Münzer, Gent. Val. 52, no. 54). (Broughton MRR I)

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