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{{Short description|3rd century Roman senator and consul}}
'''Lucius Valerius Messalla''' (fl. 3rd century) was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Senate of the Roman Empire|senator]].
==Life==
Messalla, a member of the third century [[gens Valeria]], was possibly the son of [[Lucius Valerius Messalla Thrasea Priscus]] and speculatively his wife Coelia Balbina, since the ''cognomen'' Balbinus appears in their great-grandson's name. He apparently did not suffer any repercussions following the purge that saw his father put to death on the orders of the [[Roman emperor|emperor]] [[Caracalla]] in 212, and in fact he was appointed ''[[Roman consul|consul prior]]'' in 214, alongside [[Gaius Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus]].<ref>Mennen, p. 125</ref>
It is believed this Messalla was the Valerius Messalla who was the [[proconsul]] of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]] sometime between 236 and 238. If so, there must have been some political circumstance that resulted in such a lengthy gap between his consulship and the proconsular governorship.<ref>Mennen, pp. 123-124</ref>
[[Christian Settipani]] has speculated, due to the combination of both's ''nomina'' and ''cognomina'', that Messalla married Claudia Acilia Priscilliana, daughter of [[Tiberius Claudius Cleobulus]] and wife and first cousin Acilia Frestana, and that they may have been the parents of [[Lucius Valerius Claudius Acilius Priscillianus Maximus]], who was twice consul.<ref>Christian Settipani, ''Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale'', (2000), pp. 227-228</ref>
==Ancestry==
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|4= 4. [[Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola Messalla]]
|5= 5. Helvidia Priscilla
|8= 8. [[Lucius Vipstanus Messalla (consul 115)|Lucius Vipstanus Messalla]]
|10= 10. [[Publius Helvidius Priscus]]
|11= 11. Plautia Quinctilia
|16= 16. [[Lucius Vipstanus Messalla (orator)|Lucius Vipstanus Messalla]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
* Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011)
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{{s-bef | before= [[Caracalla|Marcus Aurelius Antoninus]]&nbsp;IV,<br/>and [[Balbinus|Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus]]&nbsp;II}}
{{s-ttl | title=[[List of late imperial Roman consuls|Consul]] of the [[Roman Empire]]|years=214|regent1= [[Gaius Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus]]<br/>Aemilianus}}
{{s-aft | after= [[Quintus Maecius Laetus]]&nbsp;II,<br/>and [[Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis]]}}
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[[Category:3rd-century Roman consuls]]
[[Category:Valerii Messallae|Lucius]]
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[[Category:Year of death unknown]]