Lucius Valerius Messalla (consul 280)

(Lucius Valerius) MessallaBoth the praenomen Lucius and the Nomen gentile Valerius are assumed. (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.Mennen, p. 127 In 280 he was appointed consul prior alongside Vettius Gratus.Martindale & Jones, p. 599

Christian Settipani has suggested that Valerius Maximus Basilius, praefectus urbi of Rome in 319, was his son.Settipani, Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, (2000) p. 229

Ancestry

References

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)