Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus
Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus was a Roman senator at the time of Emperor Augustus .
Messalla Volesus was a son of Potitus Valerius Messalla , a suffect consul in 29 BC. Chr. Messalla Volesus began his career in 12 BC. BC as triumvir aere argento auro flando feriundo (mint official). The next stages of his career up to his consulate in 5 AD are unknown. In 11 or 12, Messalla Volesus became proconsul of the province of Asia . His career came to an end when he was charged and convicted of “outrageous atrocities”. Augustus himself wrote a memorandum libelli Augusti de Voleso Messalla .
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literature
- Werner Eck : Valerius [II 22]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 .
- Rudolf Hanslik: Messalla II. 10. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1246.
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| SURNAME | Valerius Messalla Volesus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Messalla Volesus, Lucius Valerius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 11 |