Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus was a Roman senator, who flourished under the reign of Emperor Augustus.
[1] His father, Potitus Valerius Messala, was suffect consul in 28 BC and prefect of the city of Rome.
Because assignment to this board was usually allocated to patricians, Ronald Syme sees this as evidence that Lucius was a member of that class.
[2] Other offices Volesus held included proconsul of the Roman province of Asia.
[3] Although it has yet to be discovered, Augustus wrote of the fall of Lucius Valerius in his book, de Voleso Messala.