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]

  1. ^ Gell. ii. 24, xv. 11; Suet. Clar. Rhet. i.
  2. ^ Titul. Phorm. et Eunuch. Terentii.
  3. ^ https://romanrepublic.ac.uk/person/1460/?facet_view=person_search&praenomen=Marcus&nomen=Valerius&re_number=&f=&n=&tribe=&cognomen=Messalla&other_names=&era_from=&era_to=&q=