Marcus Valerius Corvus - Definition and Overview

Marcus Valerius Corvus (370 BC - 270 BC) was a Roman hero of the 4th century BC, characterized as a farmer who lived to be one hundred.

His list of accomplishments is suspiciously long; Valerius Antias is considered to have been responsible for some of the exaggeration.

349 - as tribune, defeats a giant Gaul in single combat, helped by a crow or raven (thus the cognomen)
348 - consul, at age of 22
346 - consul again, defeats Volsci
343 - consul again, defeats Samnites
342 - dictator
335 - consul, defeats Cales
301 - dictator again
300 - consul, defeats Aequi, introduces law of appeal
299 - suffect consul, defeats Etruscans

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