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
Quindecimvir	Before 43 BC – after 18 BC
Monetalis	c. 42 BC
Military tribune or quaestor
Praetor	c. 32 BC
Suffect consul	29 BC
Proconsul of Asia	c. 25 – 23 BC
Legatus pro praetore of Syria	c. 19 – 18 BC

References

• CIL VI, 32323, CIL VI, 37075
• AE 1988, 626
• OGIS 460
• Dio Cassius LI 21

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 Sextus Appuleius as ordinary consuls	Roman consul 29 BC (suffect) with Augustus V	Succeeded by Augustus VI Marcus Agrippa as ordinary consuls