Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Elder

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Roman consul Roman general Roman politician associate of Augustus associate of Julius Caesar non-Italian provincial Roman citizen

Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Elder was a prominent 1st-century BC Roman politician, general, and close associate of Julius Caesar and Augustus, notable as one of the few non-Italian provincials to attain Roman citizenship and high office.

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Observed surface forms (2)

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Lucius Cornelius Balbus 2
Lucius Cornelius Balbus (elder) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman consul ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ
Roman politician ⓘ
associate of Augustus ⓘ
associate of Julius Caesar ⓘ
non-Italian provincial Roman citizen ⓘ
activity financial administration ⓘ
military command ⓘ
political brokerage ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Gades NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Gades NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Gades citizenship ⓘ
Roman citizenship ⓘ
closeAssociateOf Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
era late Roman Republic ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Hispanic ⓘ
familyRelation uncle of Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Younger ⓘ
heldOffice consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
praefectus fabrum ⓘ
praetor ⓘ
proconsul ⓘ
involvedIn Roman civil wars of the 1st century BC ⓘ
knownFor bridging provincial and Roman elite circles ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalStatus Roman citizen by grant ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
name Lucius Cornelius Balbus Maior NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor attaining Roman citizenship as a provincial from Gades ⓘ
being one of the first non-Italian provincials to become Roman consul ⓘ
influence in late Republican Roman politics ⓘ
patron Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment Caesarian ⓘ
supporter of Augustus ⓘ
recognizedBy Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
roseTo senatorial rank ⓘ
servedUnder Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStatus equestrian origin ⓘ
supported First Triumvirate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BC ⓘ

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Roman Theatre of Cádiz → constructedUnder → Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Elder ⓘ
gens Cornelia → hasMember → Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Elder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Cornelius Balbus (elder)
Caesarian faction → hasMember → Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Elder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Cornelius Balbus
Cornelius → notableMember → Lucius Cornelius Balbus the Elder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucius Cornelius Balbus