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(Lucius Valerius) Messalla^[1] (fl. 3rd century) was a Roman senator.

Life edit

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]

Ancestors of Lucius Valerius Messalla

17. Coelia Balbina

9. Claudia Acilia Priscilliana

19. Acilia Frestana

1. Lucius Valerius Messalla

^ 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

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)

Political offices
Preceded by Marcus Aurelius Probus, Nonius Paternus	Consul of the Roman Empire 280 with Vettius Gratus	Succeeded by Marcus Aurelius Probus, Junius Tiberianus