Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 161 BC)

Marcus Valerius Messalla was a consul of the Roman Republic 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 became himself censor in 154 BC.^[3]

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↑ Gell. ii. 24, xv. 11; Suet. Clar. Rhet. i.
↑ Titul. Phorm. et Eunuch. Terentii.
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[1] Gell. ii. 24, xv. 11; Suet. Clar. Rhet. i.

[2] Titul. Phorm. et Eunuch. Terentii.

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Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 161 BC)

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