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Marcus Valerius Messalla Messalinus

Name: Ovid Entire
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Author: Publius Ovidius Naso

Messalinus

Elder son of the orator Messalla Corvinus, consul of 3 BC; addressee of Epistulae ex Ponto 1.7 and 2.2.

Reading notes

Letters from the Black Sea §1.7 Messalinus
Marcus Valerius Messalla Messalinus, elder son of Messalla Corvinus; Ovid writes cautiously, claiming a place among his acquaintance without presuming too much.

Letters from the Black Sea poem · 2 mentions