Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola Messalla (c. 10 – aft. 59) was a
Roman Senator.
Life
Messalla was
ordinary consul in 48 as the colleague of the future emperor
Vitellius
Aulus Vitellius (; ; 24 September 1520 December 69) was Roman emperor for eight months, from 19 April to 20 December AD 69. Vitellius was proclaimed emperor following the quick succession of the previous emperors Galba and Otho, in a year of ci ...
.
Based on the elements of his ''cognomeni'' Poplicola Messalla,
Ronald Syme
Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. He was regarded as the greatest historian of ancient Rome since Theodor Mommsen and the most brilliant exponent of the history of the Roman ...
suggested that Vipstanus Poplicola was the son of
Lucius Vipstanus Gallus and a postulated Valeria Messallia, paternal granddaughter of
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus (64 BC – AD 8 or c. 12) was a Roman general, author, and patron of literature and art.
Family
Corvinus was the son of the consul in 61 BC, Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger,Syme, R., ''Augustan Aristocracy'', ...
. He completed his consulate in July 48, and was succeeded by the ''consul suffectus''
Gaius Vipstanus Messalla Gallus
(Gaius) Vipstanus Messalla Gallus (c. 10 BC – aft. 60) was a Roman senator.
Life
He was ''consul suffectus'' in the '' nundinium'' of July-December 48 as the colleague of Lucius Vitellius. J. Devrecker has offered the argument that the elem ...
, who has been suggested to have been his brother, also based on the elements of his ''cognomen'' Messalla.
For the term 58/59, the
sortition
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awarded Vipstanus Poplicola
proconsul
A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority.
In the Roman Republic, military command, or ...
ar governor of
Asia
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.
According to Syme, Vipstanus Poplicola's son was Gaius Valerius Poplicola, who was co-opted into a sacerdotal college in 63, but is not heard of afterwards, possibly having died before being old enough to accede to the consulate.
[; Syme, ''The Augustan Aristocracy'', p. 242 n. 119]
See also
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List of Roman consuls
This is a list of consuls known to have held office, from the beginning of the Roman Republic to the latest use of the title in Imperial times, together with those magistrates of the Republic who were appointed in place of consuls, or who superse ...
References
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Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vipstanus Poplicola Messalla, Lucius
10s births
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death unknown
Poplicola
Publius Valerius Poplicola or Publicola (died 503 BC) was one of four Roman aristocrats who led the overthrow of the monarchy, and became a Roman consul, the colleague of Lucius Junius Brutus in 509 BC, traditionally considered the first year of ...
Imperial Roman consuls
Roman governors of Asia
1st-century Romans