Messalla
2. M.
Valerius Messalla, M'. F. M. N., son probably of the preceding, was consul in B. C. 226. His year of office was employed in organising a general levy of the Italian nations against an expected invasion of the Gauls from both sides of the Alps. (
Zonar. 8.19;
Oros. 4.13; Fasti; comp.
Plb. 2.23.)