Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 161 BC)
Marcus Valerius Messalla was a Roman Republic consul in 161 BC.
Nephew of Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 226 BC), his consulate was remarkable chiefly for a decree of the senate prohibiting the residence of Greek rhetoricians at Rome.[1] The Phormion and Eunuch of Terence were first acted in this year.[2] Messalla, having been once degraded by the censors, became himself censor in 154 BC.[3]
References
- ↑ Gell. ii. 24, xv. 11; Suet. Clar. Rhet. i.
- ↑ Titul. Phorm. et Eunuch. Terentii.
- ↑ Valerius Maximus ii..9. § 9.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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| Preceded by Publius Cornelius Lentulus (Suffect.) and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (Suffect.) |
Suffect consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Fannius Strabo 161 BC |
Succeeded by Lucius Anicius Gallus and Marcus Cornelius Cethegus |