Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus was the son of the Roman

Ancient Rome

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 famous orator Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus

Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus

Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus was a Roman general, author and patron of literature and art.-Family:He was the son of politician Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger Although, some dispute his parentage and claim another descendant of Marcus Valerius Corvus to be his father.Messalla Corvinus is...

, whom he resembled in character, and wife Calpurnia.

He was a senator and consul

Consul

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 in 3 BC and AD 3. Messallinus suggested to Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

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 Tiberius

Tiberius

Tiberius , was Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Tiberius was by birth a Claudian, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. His mother divorced Nero and married Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian...

 an oath of allegiance should be sworn to him yearly; he also suggested two golden statues be placed in two temples, in celebration of Rome's foreign victories and in memory of Germanicus

Germanicus

Germanicus Julius Caesar , commonly known as Germanicus, was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and a prominent general of the early Roman Empire. He was born in Rome, Italia, and was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle...

, which Tiberius rejected.

Messalinus was governor (praepositus) of Illyricum, where he was involved in fighting Pannonian uprising (Great Illyrian Revolt

Great Illyrian revolt

The Great Illyrian Revolt, was a major conflict between an alliance of indigenous communities from Illyricum and Roman forces that lasted for four years beginning in AD 6 and ending in AD 9.-The war:...

). With half-filled legion XX defeated the Pannonii led by Bato I

Bato I

Also known as Bato the Daesitiate. Bato was an Illyrian warlord who led the Daesitiates in the Great Illyrian revolt against the Roman Empire from 6-9 CE.-Background:He was probably born between 35 and 30 BCE in what is today Upper Bosnia...

 (Bato the Daesitiate) and prevented spread of the uprising.
He married Roman Emperor Augustus

Augustus

Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

' niece Claudia Marcella

Claudia Marcella

Claudia Marcella was the name of the two daughters of Octavia Minor, the sister of Emperor Augustus, by her first husband, the consul Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor. According to Suetonius, they were known as The Marcellae sisters. The sisters were born in Rome...

 Minor, her second husband. Their son Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus

Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus

Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus was a consul of ancient Rome. He was the father of the Roman Empress Valeria Messalina, great-nephew of the Emperor Augustus, and father-in-law to the Emperor Claudius....

 was the father of Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus (consul 58) and Roman Empress Valeria Messalina who was Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

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 Claudius

Claudius

Claudius , was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul and was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy...

' third wife. Their daughter Valeria, born ca 10 BC, married Lucius Vipstanus Gallus

Lucius Vipstanus Gallus

Lucius Vipstanus Gallus was a Praetor in 17, the year of his death.He married Valeria, born c. 10 BC, daughter of Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus and wife Claudia Marcella Minor and sister of Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, and had two sons, Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola and Gaius Vipstanus...

 (ca 15 BC - 17), Praetor

Praetor

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 in 17, and had issue.

Sources

• Tacitus
  Tacitus
  Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors...
  
   - The Annals of Imperial Rome
• Suetonius
  Suetonius
  Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius , was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order in the early Imperial era....
  
   - The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
• Velleius Paterculus, 2.112.1-2, Cassius Dio, 55.30.1-5.