Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VALE2107 M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes'

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 51.149 ("[M?] Messalla")

Life Dates

  • 104, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 70, expelled from Senate (RE)

Relationships

son of
? M. Valerius (C) Messalla (son of? M'.? Valerius (248) Messalla (pr. c. 120)) (Zmeskal 2009)
married to
2 - (A) Polla (married to M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XLVII 24.5

father of
1 ? Valeria (390) (daughter of? M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (Zmeskal 2009)
1 ? Potitus Valerius (267) (M. f. M. n.?) Messalla (cos. 29) (Zmeskal 2009)
2 ? Valeria (392) (daughter of? M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (Zmeskal 2009)
2 M. Valerius (261) M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus (cos. suff. 31) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

ILS 5989=CIL 6.29872, Dio 47.24.5

Career

  • Pontifex? 75 to after 52 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • The full list of the college of Pontifices, including the Flamen Martialis and the Flamen Quirinalis (no Flamen Dialis had been inaugurated since the death of Merula in 87) and the Pontifices Minores, as it was composed on September 29, 57, can be reconstructed from Cic. Har. Resp. 12: (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tribunus Militum c. 75 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2) Expand
    • Tribune of the Soldiers twice, probably before 73 (Elogium, Inscr. Ital. 13.3, no. 77-CIL 12.1, p. 201-ILS 46). (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
  • Tribunus Militum before 73 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2) Expand
    • Tribune of the Soldiers twice, probably before 73 (Elogium, Inscr. Ital. 13.3, no. 77-CIL 12.1, p. 201-ILS 46). (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
  • Quaestor? 73 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 201-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.77. The interval between this year and his consulship is the same as that between Cicero's quaestorship and consulship. See Münzer, Gent. Val. 52, no. 59. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 64 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • 2 The latest date possible under the Cornelian law. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 61. If he was the M. Valerius Messalla who received a nota from the censors and later became censor himself (Val. Max. 2.9.9), the date of the nota was probably 70 (Suolahti, Censors 478). He was praetor urbanus (ILS 46) and therefore praetor in 64 since Murena was pr. urbanus in 65 (MRR 2.158). See Sumner, Orators 130. (Broughton MRR III)
    • CIL 12.1, p. 201-Inser. Ital. 13.3.77-ILS 46. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 753, footnote 421 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 61 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.912, 913; Cic. Att. 1.12.4, and 13.6; Caes. BG 1.2.1, and 35.4; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170f. (M. Pupius Piso Frugi, M. Vale [-]); Plin. NH 7.98; 8.131; 37.13, and Solin. 26.10 M; Dio 37, Index, and 46.1; Chr. 354 (Calpurniano et Messala); Fast. Hyd. (Pisone Frugi et Messala Nigro); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; on Pupius, Cic. Att. 1.18.3; and on Valerius, CIL 12 .2.914; Elogium, CIL 12. 1, p. 20 1-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.77-ILS 46; Val. Max. 9. 14.5; Plin. NH 8. 131; Solin. 26.10, p. 115 M. See Degrassi 131, 490f. Pupius Piso unwillingly proposed the bill to constitute a special court to try Clodius for his sacrilege toward the Bona Dea (Cic. Att. 1. 13.3, and 14.5-6, and 16.1 and 8 and 12), and was probably the author of a law regulating the meetings of the Senate in relation to comitial days (Cic. Fam. 1.4.2; cf. Att. 1.14.5; QF 2.2.3; Sest. 74; Caes. BC 1.5.4). Valerius, a good conservative, attacked Clodius, and opposed Pupius (Cic. Att. 1.13.3, and 14.2-6). On Pupius Piso, see D.-G. 2.69, no. 15; and on Messalla, Münzer, Gent. Val. 52f., no. 59. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quinquevir Agris Dandis Assignandis Iudicandis 59 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 201-Inser. Ital. 13.3.77-ILS 46, V vir a(gris) d(andis) a(ssignandis) i(udicandis). See Münzer, Gent. Val. 52f., no. 59. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Censor 55 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.766; Cic. Att. 4.9. 1, and 11. 2; on Valerius, Inscr. Ital. 13.3. 77; Val. Max. 2.9.9; 9. 14.5; Plin. NH 7.55; and on Servilius, Val. Max. 8.5.6. See Degrassi 132, 494f. After a destructive flood in 54 they attempted to regulate the stream of the Tiber (CIL 12.2.766 a-t; cf. Dio 39.61.1-2). They were still in office in July 54 (Cic. Att. 4.17.7), but did not complete the lustrum. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Interrex 55 (Broughton MRR II)
  • Interrex 53 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.1, p. 201-Inscr. -Ital. 13.3.77, interrex ter. One of the three occasions must have occurred this year. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Interrex 52 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.1, p. 201-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.77-ILS 46; cf. Ascon. 33-34 C. This year almost certainly provided the third occasion for his service as Interrex. (Broughton MRR II)

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