Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VALE2758 M. Valerius (261) M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Ovid. Trist. 4.4.28-32, Ovid. Ep. Pont. 2.3.75-76, 4.16.41-44, Quint. Inst. Or. 10.1.113

Life Dates

  • 64, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 43 no. 145

  • A.D. 13, death (DPRR Team) Expand

    Suicide, ending illness. Hieron. Chron. Ol. 197.3.

Relationships

son of
2 M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

ILS 5989=CIL 6.29872, Dio 47.24.5

- (A) Polla (married to M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XLVII 24.5

brother of
L. Gellius (18) L. f. L. n. Poplicola (cos. 36) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Horat. sat. I 10.27ff.

Valeria (392) (daughter of? M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Sen. de matrim. frg. 77 Haase = 28 Bickel

? Valeria (390) (daughter of? M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (DPRR Team)
? Potitus Valerius (267) (M. f. M. n.?) Messalla (cos. 29) (DPRR Team)
married to
Aurelia (D) (sister of? -. Aurelius (C) Cotta) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plin. n.h. X 52

Terentia (95) (married to M. Tullius (29) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (cos. 63)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Sen. de matrim. 61 frg. Haase

Calpurnia (A) (daughter of M. Calpurnius (28) C. f. Bibulus (cos. 59)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

CIL 6.29782=ILS 5985

father of
Valeria (402) Messallina (daughter of M. Valerius (261) M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus (cos. suff. 31)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Suet. Claud. 13

? M. Aurelius (110, 111) Cotta Maximus or Messallinus? (son of? M. Valerius (261) M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus (cos. suff. 31)) (Zmeskal 2009)
? M. Valerius (264) Messalla Messallinus (son of? M. Valerius (261) M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus (cos. suff. 31)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 43 Macedonia? (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • He went off to Brutus in July of 43, and received a leading position at once (Cic. Ad Brut. 1.12.1, and 15.1; see 42, Legates). He was proscribed but his name was quickly removed from the list (App. BC 4.38; 5.113; Dio 47.11.4-5; 49.16.1). See 42, Legates; PIR 3.363, no. 90; De Laet, no. 395. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 42 Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Though proscribed he was promptly removed from the list (App. BC 4.38; 5.113; Dio 47.11.4, and 24.5-6; 49.16), but remained with Brutus and Cassius. In auctoritas next to Brutus and Cassius (Vell. 2.71.1), he served at Philippi and commanded Cassius' right wing in the first battle (Plut. Brut. 40-41, cf. 45). After the battle he refused an offer to command the remnants, and made terms with Antony (Vell. 2.71.1; App. BC 4.38, and 136; 5.113). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor Suffectus? 40 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • According to Josephus (AJ 14.384) they convened (#) the Senate and introduced Herod of Judaea to the session near the end of 40 when he received the title of king (cf. BJ 1.284-285: Octavian convened the Senate, and they introduced Herod). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. Suff. 31. See now Nachtr•ge, RE 8A.2.2389-2390. On his praetorship in 40 (see MRR 2.380), it is preferable to accept the version in Joseph. BJ 1.284-285; Octavian convened the Senate, and Valerius and Sempronius introduced Herod. In any case he was a praetorius by or before 34. On his command against the Salassi in 34-33, see Appian, Illyr. 17, Dio 49.38.3; W. Schmitthenner, Historia 7, 1958, 207, 234-236.[213x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Augur 36 to after 31 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • After the victory over Sextus Pompey Messalla became a supernumerary Augur (Dio 49.16. 1). See PIR 3.363, no. 90; Do Laet no. 395. (Broughton MRR II)
    • A probable member of this college of priests about 31 B. C. In a number of instances the exact date when a priest became a member of his college is not known, and the conjecture is based on evidence of seniority such as the date of the consulship or some other office. The list of the Quindecimviri is based on Miss Hoffman's observation that the names listed in connection with the Saecular Games in 17 B. C. are arranged in the order of entrance into the college (see AJPh 73 [19521289-294). The names given below are drawn from Miss Hoffman's dissertation, The Membership of the Four Major Colleges of Priests from 44 B. C. to 37 A. D. (Bryn Mawr, 1951, available in microfilm). The vacancies caused by the civil wars and the proscriptions were promptly filled with partisans of Antony and Octavian or persons who were restored in 39 by the Treaty of Misenum, for in 36 Messalla Corvinus was added to the college as a supernumerary member. See Dio 48.36.4; 49.16.1; cf. 48.43.2. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Supernumerary Augur in 36 (Dio 49.16.1; cf. CIL 6.32307-ILS 4977). See PIR 3.363, no. 90; De Laet no. 395. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Promagistrate? 36 Bruttium, Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. Commander of the fleet in Agrippa's absence (App. BC 5.102). He brought three legions to Taurus' fleet from Vibo in preparation for the crossing to Sicily (App. BC 5.103, and 105). He remained in Italy and gave Octavian shelter after the defeat off Tauromenium (App. BC 5.109-113). See PIR 3.363, no. 90; De Laet no. 395. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor before 33 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. Suff. 31. See now Nachtr•ge, RE 8A.2.2389-2390. On his praetorship in 40 (see MRR 2.380), it is preferable to accept the version in Joseph. BJ 1.284-285; Octavian convened the Senate, and Valerius and Sempronius introduced Herod. In any case he was a praetorius by or before 34. On his command against the Salassi in 34-33, see Appian, Illyr. 17, Dio 49.38.3; W. Schmitthenner, Historia 7, 1958, 207, 234-236.[213x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Promagistrate? 34 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. Suff. 31. See now Nachtr•ge, RE 8A.2.2389-2390. On his praetorship in 40 (see MRR 2.380), it is preferable to accept the version in Joseph. BJ 1.284-285; Octavian convened the Senate, and Valerius and Sempronius introduced Herod. In any case he was a praetorius by or before 34. On his command against the Salassi in 34-33, see Appian, Illyr. 17, Dio 49.38.3; W. Schmitthenner, Historia 7, 1958, 207, 234-236.[213x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Promagistrate? 33 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. Suff. 31. See now Nachtr•ge, RE 8A.2.2389-2390. On his praetorship in 40 (see MRR 2.380), it is preferable to accept the version in Joseph. BJ 1.284-285; Octavian convened the Senate, and Valerius and Sempronius introduced Herod. In any case he was a praetorius by or before 34. On his command against the Salassi in 34-33, see Appian, Illyr. 17, Dio 49.38.3; W. Schmitthenner, Historia 7, 1958, 207, 234-236.[213x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Consul Suffectus 31 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Succeeded to Antony's place (Dio 47.11.4; 50.4.2, and 10.1; cf. Degrassi 136 on Fast. Cap.), but is listed as the Consul ordinarius in Fast. Amit., Fast. Cupr., Fast. Ven., Fast. Mag. Vic., see Degrassi, as above on Caesar; also in Vell. 2.84. 1; Dio 50, Index; 50. 10. 1; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd., and Chr. Pasc., on 32 B. C.; Cassiod. He abdicated on May 1 (Fast. Ven.). See below, Promagistrates; PIR 3.365, no. 90; De Laet no. 395. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Promagistrate 31 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Held a command, perhaps under Arruntius, in the center of Octavian's fleet at the battle of Actium (App. BC 4.38; cf. Plut. Brut. 53.2). He also went to the East with Octavian after Actium (see Dio 51.7). S cf. PIR 3.365, no. 90; De Lact no. 395. (Broughton MRR II)

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