Gaius Vipstanus Messalla Gallus

(Gaius) Vipstanus Messalla Gallus (c. 10 BC – aft. 60 AD) was a Roman politician who was Consul Suffectus in AD 48.

It is assumed that Messalla Gallus was the son of Lucius Vipstanus Gallus and a Valeria Messalla. It is postulated that he was the brother of Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola, whom he succeeded in the consulship as a suffect consul in AD 48.

In 52 or 53 he became a legatus Augusti pro praetore in Pannonia.[1] Then in 59 or 60, Messalla Gallus was appointed Proconsular governor of Asia.[2]

It is believed that Messalla Gallus had a son, Lucius Vipstanus Messalla. Gallus' wife had earlier been married to Marcus Aquilius Regulus, by whom she had a son named Lucius Aquilius Regulus.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Syme, Ronald, The Augustan Aristocracy (1986), pgs. 241-242
  2. ↑ Laale, Hans Willer, Ephesus (Ephesos): An Abbreviated History from Androclus to Constantine XI (2011), pg. 198
  3. ↑ Morgan, Gwyn, 69 A.D.: The Year Of Four Emperors (2006), pg. 283
Political offices
Preceded by
Aulus Vitellius and Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola		 Suffect Consul of the Roman Empire
with Lucius Vitellius
AD 48 		Succeeded by
Quintus Veranius and Gaius Pompeius Longus Gallus