Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus was a Roman general, author, and patron of literature and art.
The triumph of Corvinus in the pediment of the Krasiński Palace in Warsaw
Print of the Roman General, made by Hendrick Goltzius.
The so-called Apotheosis of Claudius, the top part of an Augustan-era funerary monument that may once have contained Corvinus' funerary urn. Found in a country villa at Marino once owned by C. Valerius Paulinus, a descendant of Corvinus, it is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
Titus Statilius Taurus was the name of a line of Roman senators. The first known and most important of these was a Roman general and two-time consul prominent during the Triumviral and Augustan periods. The other men who bore this name were his descendants.
A depiction of Titus Statilius Taurus (I) from the Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum.