Home Business Art Collection Residences Nobility Strada Balbi Wealth & Wills Religion Politics Family Tree Balbi Surname Famous Balbis Today's Balbis DNA Project Resources Awards Add Me! Email	Man. Acilius Balbus was a Consul in 114 B.C. A Roman coin (at right) was minted in honor of this individual or M. Acilius Balbus, Consul in 150 B.C. On the front of the coin is the head of the god Pallas with the inscription BALBVS. On the reverse is the god Jupiter and a quadriga (a four-horse chariot). T. Ampius Balbus, plebeian, Tribune of the Plebs in 63 B.C. Tribune of the Plebs was a title shared by several elected magistracies and other governmental and/or paramilitary offices of the Roman Empire. It derived originally from the representatives of the tribes into which the Roman people were divided for military and voting purposes. Plebeians was the general body of Roman citizens, distinct from the privileged class of the patricians. T. Ampius Balbus is believed to have written some work on the history of his times; Suetonius quotes some remarks of Caesar's from a work of T. Ampius Balbus. L. Naevius Balbus, plebeian, was one of the quinqueviri appointed in 171 B.C. to settle the dispute between the Pisani and Lunenses with respect to the boundaries of their land. A coin was minted in his honor. On the front is the head of Venus and on the reverse is C.NAE. BAB with Victory in a chariot. M. Acilius Balbus was a Roman Consul in 150 B.C. A consul was the highest executive official or magistrate of the Roman People, and president of the senate. At any one time there were two consuls who were elected by the senate. As heads of state they commanded the army, presided over the Senate and assemblies and handled foreign affairs. At the end of a one-year term a consul was generally appointed to serve as a governor of a province. Q. Antonius Balbus, plebeian, is believed to have been praetor in Sicily in 82 B.C. A coin was minted in his honor. On the front is Jupiter and on the reverse is a quadriga and Balbus' name. L. Lucilius Balbus was a well known Roman jurist. He was one of the legal instructors of Servius Sulpicius Rufus who was an eminent jurist and friend of Cicero. In giving advice and pleading causes his manner was slow and deliberate. He was a man of great learning. Q. Lucilius Balbus, probably a brother of the jurist L. Lucilius Balbus was a Stoic philosopher. Cicero compared him to the best Greek philosophers. C. Thorius Balbus was Born in 105 B.C., a native of Lanuvium. Cicero describes him as a man who lived in such a manner that there was not a single pleasure, however refined or rate, that he did not enjoy. He is possibly the son of M. Aclius Balbus (168 B.C.) A coin was minted in honor of L. Thorius Balbus. On the front is the head of Juno Sospita, a god whose worship was of great antiquity in Lanuvium, and the letters I.S.M.R. On the reverse is L.THORIVS BAABVS with a bull rushing forward. C. Naevius Balbus was born in 79 B.C. He was a Roman military leader. Gaius Cocceius Balbus was a Suffect in 40 B.C. In the case of the death of a serving Consul, a Suffect Consul would be elected as a replacement for the remainder of his term. D. Laelius Balbus was one of the quindecemviri who oversaw the celebration of the saecular games in 17 B.C. Quindecemviri were the fifteen individuals who had religious duties. They guarded the Roman Scriptures, called the Sibylline Books, and interpreted them when requested to do so by the Senate. They also oversaw the worship of any foreign gods that were introduced to Rome. D. Laelius Balbus was a consul in 6 B.C.
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