A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

consul suffectus in A. D. 109. (Fasti.)

PRISCUS, L. VALE'RIUS MESSA'LA THRA'SEA, was distinguished alike by his birth and wisdom during the reign of Septimius Severus. He was consul in A. D. 196, and about seventeen years afterwards fell a victim to the cruelty of Caracalla. (D. C. 77.5.)