Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus

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Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus was the son of the famous orator Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, whom he resembled in character. He was a senator and consul in 3 BC and AD 3.

Messallinus suggested to Tiberius an oath of allegiance should be sworn to him yearly; he also suggested two golden statues be placed in two temples, in celebration of Rome's foreign victories and in memory of Germanicus, which Tiberius rejected. He married Augustus' niece Claudia Marcella Minor, her second husband. Their son Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus was the father Roman Empress Valeria Messalina, who was Roman Emperor Claudius' third wife.

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  • Tacitus - The Annals of Imperial Rome and Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars
Preceded by:
Gaius Calvisius Sabinus and Lucius Passienus Rufus		 Consul of the Roman Empire with Lucius Cornelius Lentulus
3 BC		 Succeeded by:
Augustus and Marcus Plautius Silvanus
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