Gaius Cocceius Balbus

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Gaius Cocceius Balbus (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician and military commander who served as suffect consul in 39 BC.

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A member of the Plebeian gens Cocceia, Cocceius Balbus was a supporter of Marcus Antonius. [1] He was probably elected as praetor in 42 BC. [2] In 39 BC, he was appointed suffect consul to replace Lucius Marcius Censorinus. [3]

In around 35 BC, Cocceius Balbus served as either proconsular governor of Macedonia, or as a Legatus in Greece. [4] During his time in Greece, he was acclaimed as Imperator by his troops. [5] He eventually abandoned Marcus Antonius and threw his support behind Octavian after Antonius divorced Octavia the Younger. [6]

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  1. ↑ Syme, pg. 200
  2. ↑ Broughton, pg. 359
  3. ↑ Broughton, pg. 386
  4. ↑ Broughton, pg. 407
  5. ↑ Syme, pg. 267
  6. ↑ Stern, Gaius, Women, Children, and Senators on the Ara Pacis Augustae: A Study of Augustus' Vision of a New World Order in 13 BC (2006), pg. 351
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Preceded by Consul of the Roman Republic
39 BC (suffect)
with Alfenus Varus 		Succeeded by
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