Messala

The name Messala, or Messalla, can refer to several people in Ancient Rome:

  • Marcus Valerius Messalla (disambiguation)
    • The Roman general Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus.
    • The ancient Roman Senator Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger.
    • The ancient Roman politician Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus.
  • The fourth and final wife of Sulla, whose name was Valeria Messala.
  • Marcus Silius Messala
  • Ennodius Messala
  • A character in the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and films derived from it.
  • The astronomer Mashallah ibn AtharÄ« (died 815 AD), after whom the crater Messala on the Moon is named.
  • A character in the manga version of the film Big Tits Zombie.
  • A Mobile Suit that appears in the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, probably named after either the Roman general or the crater.