Cornelius (RE 70) Balbus (2), Lucius Reference library
Theodore John Cadoux and Robin J. Seager
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
... ( RE 70) Balbus (2), Lucius , nephew of L. Cornelius Balbus (1) and distinguished as ‘Balbus minor’ in Cicero's letters, received the Roman citizenship with his uncle. In 49 and 48 bc he undertook diplomatic missions for Caesar ; in 43 he was proquaestor in Further Spain under C. Asinius Pollio , who complained of his tyrannical conduct at Gades and of his absconding with the pay-chest. He was honoured by Augustus with a pontificate and consular rank. Proconsul of Africa ( 21–20 ?), he defeated the Garamantes and other peoples and...
Cornelius Balbus, Lucius
Tullius Cicero
equites Reference library
Ernst Badian, Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar, and Graham Paul Burton
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (2 ed.)
...remained a disruptive and irresponsible element with no programme or allegiance, until the Civil War substituted military for economic power. Caesar deprived them of the Asian tithe, but opened a new avenue for them by making prominent equites like Gaius Oppius and Lucius Cornelius Balbus —a splendid example of a non-traditional eques —his political and financial agents. The support of these men, as well as the precedent, proved important to Augustus. Ernst Badian Imperial period Under the emperors the equites constituted a second aristocratic order which...
Cicero, Marcus Tullius Quick reference
John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon, Miriam T. Griffin, Jonathan G. F. Powell, John Hedley Simon, and Dirk Obbink
Who's Who in the Classical World
...year: Post reditum in senatu , Post reditum ad Quirites , De domo sua , De haruspicum responsis , Pro Sestio , In Vatinium interrogatio . To the year 56 also belong the senatorial speech De provinciis consularibus and the defences of Caelius Rufus and Lucius Cornelius Balbus ; the invective In Pisonem was published in 55 . From 54 we have the Pro Plancio and the Pro Rabirio Postumo . In 52 , Cicero defended Milo without success, publishing a version of the speech before departing to govern Cilicia. In 46–45 , Cicero addressed...
Cicero Reference library
John Percy Vyvian Balsdon, Miriam T. Griffin, Jonathan G. F. Powell, John Hedley Simon, and Dirk Obbink
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (2 ed.)
...year: Post reditum in senatu , Post reditum ad Quirites , De domo sua , De haruspicum responsis , Pro Sestio , In Vatinium interrogatio . To the year 56 also belong the senatorial speech De provinciis consularibus and the defences of Caelius Rufus and Lucius Cornelius Balbus ; the invective In Pisonem was published in 55. From 54 we have the Pro Plancio and the Pro Rabirio Postumo . In 52, Cicero defended Titus Annius Milo without success, publishing a version of the speech before departing to govern Cilicia. In 46–45, Cicero addressed...
Cicero (106–43bce) Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
...which only partially survives, consisted of six books. In book 1, Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio the Younger) discusses the nature of the state ( res publica ) and different forms of government, and he argues that the best government is a mixed constitution like Rome's. In book 2, Scipio traces the development of the Roman state from monarchy to republic. Book 3, poorly preserved, treats the nature of justice, with Lucius Furius Philus speaking against justice as a principle that governments should pursue, and Gaius Laelius Sapiens defending it. Book 4, only a few...
