Ruler · 104 – 101 BCE

Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger

Lived 104 – 101 BCE; politician. Roman consul of Ancient Rome, 61 BCE; also in the line of Roman Republic.

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Lived: 104 BCE – 101 BCE; 3 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Roman consul

Ancient Rome · the 703rd of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480 · read from the line of Roman Republic

699 before

Decimus Junius Silanus62 BCE

Lucius Licinius Murena62 BCE

Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus61 BCE

Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger61 BCE

Lucius Afranius60 BCE

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer60 BCE

Julius Caesar59 BCE

139 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 61 BCE · under a year · came to it aged 90

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 61 BCE, after the death recorded in 101 BCE

Also in the line of Roman Republic (697th of 754).

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