Lucius Valerius Messalla (consul 280)

Roman consul in 280 AD

(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]

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Lucius Valerius Messalla

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| 17\. Coelia Balbina

| 4\. Lucius Valerius Claudius Acilius Priscillianus Maximus|

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| 18\. Tiberius Claudius Cleobulus

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## References[edit]

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[edit]

* 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