• Marcus Valerius Corvus (c. 370–270 BC), also sometimes known as Corvinus, was a military commander and politician who served in the early-to-middle period...
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  • 61 BC, Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger, and his wife, Palla. Some dispute his parentage and claim another descendant of Marcus Valerius Corvus to be his...
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    Ab Urbe Condita Libri, where he narrates how the Roman consul Marcus Valerius Corvus won a hard-fought battle against the Samnites at Mount Gaurus, near...
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    bore the surname Corvinus, a diminutive of Corvus, a raven. The first of this family was Marcus Valerius Corvus, who in his youth earned everlasting renown...
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  • Look up corvus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Corvus is a genus of birds commonly known as crows and ravens. Corvus may also refer to: Corvus Energy...
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    of the family, although their oral traditions claim descent from Marcus Valerius Corvus, a Roman general. A black raven with a gold ring in its beak and...
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  • 252 BC. Manius Valerius Maximus was the son of Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvinus, consul in 289 BC, and grandson of Marcus Valerius Corvus.[citation needed]...
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    consul Marcus Valerius Corvus took his army by forced marches to Suessula. When the Samnites had to scatter their army to forage for food, Valerius seized...
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  • Marcus Atilius Regulus Calenus was a fourth-century BC Roman politician. He was elected consul in 335 BC with Marcus Valerius Corvus as colleague, Corvus...
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    Republic, alongside Cincinnatus, Cornelius Cossus, Furius Camillus, and Valerius Corvus. As a young military tribune, he defeated a huge Gaul in one of the...
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    two Roman consuls for 343 BC, Marcus Valerius Corvus and Aulus Cornelius Cossus, both marched against the Samnites. Valerius led his army into Campania,...
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    a number of Corvins or Corvans. As a surname, it can refer to: Marcus Valerius Corvus (c. 370 – c. 270 BC), an important military commander and politician...
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    display of horsemanship. The election held to replace him made Marcus Valerius Corvus consul. He joined the army in Etruria and began to waste the country...
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  • (usurper) Marcus Valerius Corvus Gaius Valerius Flaccus (consul) Lucius Valerius Flaccus Publius Valerius Laevinus Marcus Valerius Laevinus Manius Valerius Maximus...
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    Cultural depictions of ravens Gens Valeria Londinium Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus Marcus Valerius Corvus "Yeoman Warder (Job specification 2018)". Historic...
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  • an army commanded by Marcus Valerius Corvus who had been nominated dictator to solve the crisis. Rather than do battle, Corvus managed to end the mutiny...
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  • War (343–341 BC) 342 BC – Battle of Mount Gaurus – Roman general Marcus Valerius Corvus defeats the Samnites. 342 BC – Battle of Saticula – Roman general...
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  • also feminine. Marcus Valerius Corvus was a member of gens Valeria. Valerius was his nomen. His son's nomen would have been Valerius, and his daughter's...
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  • Manius Valerius, but Livy rejects this in favor of Titus Larcius Flavus on the basis of the law that only consulars could be named dictator; Valerius had...
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  • son of John Hunyadi Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, considered by legend to be the ancestor of the above Marcus Valerius Corvus, possible founder or...
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  • by Marcus Aemilius Papus, who was also unable to hold elections, leading to the appointment of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus and Marcus Valerius Corvus...
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  • but dies three days after falling from his horse. The new consul Marcus Valerius Corvus ravages Etruria, destroying villages in an attempt to provoke the...
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    ravens Gens Valeria List of individual birds Londinium Marcus Valerius Corvus Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus Tower of London Ravenmaster Notes A group...
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    various hardships, the Romans defeat their attackers, and a young Marcus Valerius Corvus wins everlasting fame by slaying a giant Gaul in single combat,...
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    battle is a success for the Romans, who, it is said, are led by Marcus Valerius Corvus. Fought at the foot of Mount Gaurus, near Cumae, it is the most...
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    joined the Sidicini. In 335, the Romans sent a consular army under Marcus Valerius Corvus to lay siege to Cales. Informed by an escaped prisoner (who broke...
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  • exhaustion for mathematically determining the area under a curve. Marcus Valerius Corvus, Roman hero (d. c. 270 BC) Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, a native...
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  • a museum of natural history, zoological gardens and a library. Marcus Valerius Corvus is elected consul of the Roman Republic for the fourth time. Cales...
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  • which were passed by the consuls of Rome for 449 BC, Lucius Valerius Poplicola Potitus and Marcus Horatius Barbatus. They restored the right of appeal to...
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  • consular elections. These elections were notable because the young Marcus Valerius Corvus, a military tribune in 349, was elected consul for the first time...
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