Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola Messalla was a Roman politician who was Roman consul in AD 48.
Background
lieutenant is assumed that Vipstanus Poplicola was the son of Lucius Vipstanus Gallus and a Valeria Messalla.
Career
He was elected consul ordinarius in AD 48, alongside Aulus Vitellius. In 58 or 59, Vipstanus Poplicola was appointed Proconsular governor of Asia. According to the historian Ronald Syme, Vipstanus Poplicola"s son was Gaius Valerius Poplicola, who was coopted into a sacerdotal college in AD 63, but died sometime after.