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Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus: Quick Facts

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Born c.64 BCE
Died 13
Gaius Maecenas, marble bust; in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Gaius Maecenas
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Lucius Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar
Roman ruler
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
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Cicero
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Pompey
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Roman statesman
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Theodosius I
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Roman emperor
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Roman general
Silver coin from Carthago Nova, believed to be a portrait of Scipio Africanus the Elder; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen.
Scipio Africanus
Roman general
Bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius with his right arm raised, seated on a horse, at Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, Italy.
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
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Trajan
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Mark Antony
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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
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Sulla
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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
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