Balbus

This article deals with the Roman name, for more people see Balbus (disambiguation) .

Balbus (literally "stutterer") was a cognomen in several Roman families.

Of the Acilii Balbi , Manius Acilius Balbus was consul in 150 BC. BC, another in 114 BC. Another family belonged to Titus Ampius Balbus, a follower of Pompey , who was pardoned by Caesar (see Cicero ad Fam. Vi. 12 and xiii. 70). There was also Q. Antonius Balbus, Praetor in Sicily 82 BC. And Marcus Atius Balbus , who married Iulia , a sister of Caesar, and had a daughter with her, Atia, the mother of Augustus .

Other consuls with this cognomen were:

• Manius Acilius Balbus (Consul 150 BC)
• Manius Acilius Balbus (Consul 114 BC)
• D. Laelius Balbus (6 BC)
• Lucius Norbanus Balbus († 41), Roman politician and senator in the early imperial era
• Quintus Iulius Balbus (consul 85) , Roman suffect consul
• Quintus Iulius Balbus (consul 129) , Roman suffect consul

Other important bearers of the cognomen "Balbus" were two Gades- born Cornelii Balbi, from the plebeian branch of the Cornelier :

• Lucius Cornelius Balbus Maior
• Lucius Cornelius Balbus Minor

Balbus is the name of a Roman surveyor:

• Balbus (Agrimensor) , 1st century AD