Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus
Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus also known as Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus Appianus[1][2] (c. 45 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman Senator who served as a consul[3] in the Roman Empire.
Family Background[edit]
Not much is known on his family background and early life. Appianus may have been the son of the consul of 38 BC, Appius Claudius Pulcher[4] by an unnamed wife. He was probably adopted by Marcus Valerius Messalla, the suffect consul of 32 BC,[5] so thus becoming Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus Appianus.
Political career[edit]
According to the French Historian Jesuit François Catrou et Rouillé, Appianus served as a Quaestor in the army of the Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. After this moment, little is known on his remaining political career except that he served as a consul in 12 BC.[6] Not so long after in serving his consulship, Appianus died.[7]
Marriage & Issue[edit]
About 14 BC, Appianus married Claudia Marcella Minor, a daughter of Octavia Minor from her first husband the consul, Gaius Claudius Marcellus, who her maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Augustus.[8] Marcella bore Appianus two children, a daughter called Claudia Pulchra and a son, called Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus.[9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
- ^ Habelt, A PROPOSITO DEI MATRIMONI DI MARCELLA MINORE E DEL MONVMENTVM DEI SUOI SCHIAVI E LIBERTI, aus: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 111
- ^ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
- ^ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 147
- ^ Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 147
- ^ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
- ^ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
- ^ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
- ^ Syme, Augustan Aristocracy, p.147
- ^ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p.205
Sources[edit]
- R. Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, Clarendon Press, 1986
- R. Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, Oxford University Press, 1989
- UGO FUSCO – GIAN LUCA GREGORI, A PROPOSITO DEI MATRIMONI DI MARCELLA MINORE E DEL MONVMENTVM DEI SUOI SCHIAVI E LIBERTI, aus: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 111 (1996) 226–232, Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn
- M. Lightman & B. Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, Infobase Publishing, 2008
- Jesuit François Catrou et Rouillé, Histoire romaine depuis la fondation de Rome [jusqu'a l'an 47 de J.-C.], avec des notes historiques, géographiques et critiques...par les RR. PP. Catrou et Rouillé de S. J. T. 01-20 (histoire romaine par Bernard Rothe, [sic pour Routh] T. 21)