Roman consul in 280 AD
(Lucius Valerius) Messalla[1] (fl. 3rd century) was a Roman senator.
Life
Messalla is assumed to be a member of the third century Patrician gens 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
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References
- ^ Both the praenomen Lucius and the Nomen gentile Valerius are assumed.
- ^ Mennen, p. 127
- ^ Martindale & Jones, p. 599
- ^ 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)