Lucius Valerius Messalla (consul 280)

(Lucius Valerius) Messalla[1] (fl. 3rd century) was a Romansenator.

Life

Messalla is assumed to be a member of the third century Patriciangens Valeria, possibly the son of Lucius Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus.[2] In 280 he was appointed consul prior alongside Vettius Gratus.[3]

Christian Settipani has suggested that Valerius Maximus Basilius, praefectus urbi of Rome in 319, was his son.[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lucius Valerius Messalla
16. Lucius Valerius Messalla Thrasea Priscus
8. Lucius Valerius Messalla
17. Coelia Balbina
4. Lucius Valerius Claudius Acilius Priscillianus Maximus
18. Tiberius Claudius Cleobulus
9. Claudia Acilia Priscilliana
19. Acilia Frestana
2. Lucius Valerius Poplicola Balbinus Maximus
1. Lucius Valerius Messalla

References

  1. ^Both the praenomenLucius and the Nomen gentileValerius are assumed.
  2. ^Mennen, p. 127
  3. ^Martindale & Jones, p. 599
  4. ^Settipani, Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, (2000) p. 229

Sources

  • Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)
  • Mennen, Inge, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011)
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