Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola MessallaMorgan, Gwyn, 69 A.D.: The Year Of Four Emperors (2006), p. 283 (c. 10 – aft. 59) was a Roman Senator.
Life Messalla was ordinary consul in 48 as the colleague of the future emperor Vitellius.Paul Gallivan, "The Fasti for the Reign of Claudius", Classical Quarterly, 28 (1978), pp. 409, 425
Based on the elements of his cognomeni Poplicola Messalla, Ronald Syme suggested that Vipstanus Poplicola was the son of Lucius Vipstanus Gallus and a postulated Valeria Messallia, paternal granddaughter of Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus.Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 241 He completed his consulate in July 48, and was succeeded by the consul suffectus Gaius Vipstanus Messalla Gallus, who has been suggested to have been his brother, also based on the elements of his cognomen Messalla.Christian Settipani. Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, 2000
For the term 58/59, the sortition awarded Vipstanus Poplicola proconsular governor of Asia.Laale, Hans Willer, Ephesus (Ephesos): An Abbreviated History from Androclus to Constantine XI (2011), p. 198
According to Syme, Vipstanus Poplicola's son was Gaius Valerius Poplicola, who was co-opted into a sacerdotal college in 63, but is not heard of afterwards, possibly having died before being old enough to accede to the consulate.; Syme, The Augustan Aristocracy, p. 242 n. 119
See also List of Roman consuls
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