Gaius Vergilius Balbus

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]

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

Bibliography

  • Broughton, T. Robert S. (1952). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic II (PDF). American Philogical Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  • Cicero, Pro Plancio
  • Cicero, De Provinciis Consularibus
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