person
Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla
Valerius Corvinus
also: Valerius Coruinus
Consul of 263 BC, first to take Messana in Sicily; the captured city's name, transferred to him as 'Messana', became by popular change of letters the cognomen 'Messala'.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §13.5 Valerius Corvinus
Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla (cos. 263 BC), first to take Messana; the city's name, transferred to him, became the cognomen 'Messala'.