(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

References

  1. ↑ Both the praenomen Lucius and the Nomen gentile Valerius 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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