person
Marcus Valerius Corvus
also: M. Valerius, M. Ualerius, M. Valerius Corvus, Valerius, Corvinus, Coruinus
The young hero whom a raven aided in single combat against a Gaul (whence the surname Corvus); consul at twenty-three and repeatedly thereafter, and the dictator who reconciled the mutinous army by his speech.