Marcus Valerius Corvus

Marcus Valerius Corvus

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