Potitus Valerius Messalla

Potitus Valerius Messalla (c. 70 BC – after 17 BC) was an Ancient Roman statesman, probably a son of Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus. He presumably had two sons: Manius Valerius Messalla Potitus and Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus. In 17 BC, Messalla participated in the Secular games.

Career
Rank Date
QuindecimvirBefore 43 BC – after 18 BC
Monetalisc. 42 BC
Military tribune or quaestor
Praetorc. 32 BC
Suffect consul29 BC
Proconsul of Asiac. 25 – 23 BC
Legatus pro praetore of Syriac. 19 – 18 BC

References

Further reading

  • A. E. Gordon, "Potitus Valerius Messalla Consul Suffect 29 B.C." University of California Publications in Classical Archaeology, 1954, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 31–64.
Political offices
Preceded by
Augustus V,
and Sextus Appuleius

as Ordinary consuls
Suffect Consul of the Roman Empire
29 BC
with Augustus V
Succeeded by
Augustus VI,
and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

as Ordinary consuls
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