Lucius Valerius Messalla (consul 280) explained

(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]

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)

Notes and 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