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.

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