Gaius Vergilius Balbus

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Gaius Vergilius Balbus (fl. 62-57 BC) was a Roman magistrate and promagistrate who was politically active during the closing decades of the Roman Republic, and was a known associate of Marcus Tullius Cicero. [1]

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Biography

Part of the gens Vergilia, Gaius Vergilius Balbus was born around the same time as Cicero (106 BC), by whom he is described as "united by age" [2] . Having served as a Praetor in 62 BC, Balbus went on to serve as Propraetor in Sicily from 61-58 BC. [3] , and refused to host Cicero during his political exile in 58 BC out of fear of repercussion from Publius Clodius Pulcher. [4] Balbus is then recorded serving as a Legate under Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus in Macedonia in 57 BC, [5] after which he disappears from the historical record.

References

  1. ↑ Cicero, Pro Plancio, 95-96
  2. ↑ Cicero, Pro Plancio, 95
  3. ↑ Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II p.181
  4. ↑ Cicero, Pro Plancio, 96
  5. ↑ Cicero, De Provinciis Consularibus, 7

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