Vipstanus Messala

Family: Flavian · Role: tribune · First appears: Histories III.9-11

Life events

• Aponius Saturninus escaped the mutinous soldiers with assistance from Antonius, Aponianus, and Messala.(Histories III.9-11)
  • With: Aponius Saturninus Antonius Primus Dillius Aponianus
  • “He escaped, however, aided not so much by the efforts of Antonius, Aponianus, and Messala, who did everything in their power to rescue him, but rather by the security of his hiding-place”
• Vipstanus Messala interceded for his disgraced brother Aquilius Regulus before the senate.(Histories IV.40-42)
  • With: Aquilius Regulus
  • “On this occasion Vipstanus Messala gained a great reputation, both for dutiful affection and for eloquence, by venturing to intercede for his brother Aquilius Regulus”

Histories III.9-11

• friends with Aponius Saturninus “He escaped, however, aided not so much by the efforts of Antonius, Aponianus, and Messala, who did everything in their power to rescue him, but rather by the security of his hiding-place, for he concealed himself in the furnace of some disused baths.”

Histories IV.40-42

• siblings with Aquilius Regulus “On this occasion Vipstanus Messala gained a great reputation, both for dutiful affection and for eloquence, by venturing to intercede for his brother Aquilius Regulus, although he had not attained the senatorial age.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.