Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VALE2914 Potitus Valerius (267) (M. f. M. n.?) Messalla

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • After 70?, birth (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

son of
1 ? M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
? L. Gellius (18) L. f. L. n. Poplicola (cos. 36) (DPRR Team)
? M. Valerius (261) M. f. M. n. Messalla Corvinus (cos. suff. 31) (DPRR Team)
? Valeria (392) (daughter of? M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (DPRR Team)
Valeria (390) (daughter of? M. Valerius (266) M. f. M'. n. Messalla Niger 'Menogenes' (cos. 61)) (RE)

Career

  • Quindecemvir Sacris Faciundis? 39 to after 31 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • A probable member of this college of priests about 31 B. C. In a number of instances the exact date when a priest became a member of his college is not known, and the conjecture is based on evidence of seniority such as the date of the consulship or some other office. The list of the Quindecimviri is based on Miss Hoffman's observation that the names listed in connection with the Saecular Games in 17 B. C. are arranged in the order of entrance into the college (see AJPh 73 [19521289-294). The names given below are drawn from Miss Hoffman's dissertation, The Membership of the Four Major Colleges of Priests from 44 B. C. to 37 A. D. (Bryn Mawr, 1951, available in microfilm). The order of names and the seniority of careers indicate that the following men, who belonged to the college of Quindecimviri in 17 B. C., were members in 31 (CIL 6.32323-ILS 5050). See M. Hollmann, AJPh 73 (1952) 289-294. (Broughton MRR II)
    • CIL 6.37075-ILS 8964, after 29 B. C. See PIR 3.370, no. 94; De Laet no. 398. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. urb. 32, Cos. suff. 29. The name of the consul suffectus of 29 should be given as Potitus Valerius (M. f. M. n.) Messalla. See the edition of ILS 8694 by A. E. Gordon (Potitus Valerius Messalla 31-64), and R. Syme (JRS 45, 1955, 155-160-RP 1.260-270). He was also a XVvir s. f. before 31 (M. H. W. Lewis, Official Priests 49). Syme raises the possibility that a M'. Valerius Messalla Potitus named as quaestor (Taplas) in an inscription discovered at Claros by L. Robert may be this man (if he changed an original praenomen M'. to Potitus), but date and identification remain uncertain (Syme, op. cit. 156; Historia 5, 1956, 206-RP 1.317; Bull. Epig. 1956, no. 252). He should be listed among quaestors of uncertain date. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Quaestor? before 35 Asia (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Quaestor in Asia of uncertain date. See the previous entry (on no. 267) (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor c. 32 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Named as Pr. Urbanus (CIL 6.37075-ILS 8964), probably about 32 B. C., since he held the consulate in 29. See PIR 3.370, no. 94; De Laet no. 398. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. urb. 32, Cos. suff. 29. The name of the consul suffectus of 29 should be given as Potitus Valerius (M. f. M. n.) Messalla. See the edition of ILS 8694 by A. E. Gordon (Potitus Valerius Messalla 31-64), and R. Syme (JRS 45, 1955, 155-160-RP 1.260-270). He was also a XVvir s. f. before 31 (M. H. W. Lewis, Official Priests 49). Syme raises the possibility that a M'. Valerius Messalla Potitus named as quaestor (Taplas) in an inscription discovered at Claros by L. Robert may be this man (if he changed an original praenomen M'. to Potitus), but date and identification remain uncertain (Syme, op. cit. 156; Historia 5, 1956, 206-RP 1.317; Bull. Epig. 1956, no. 252). He should be listed among quaestors of uncertain date. (Broughton MRR III)

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