Balbus, T. Ampius
- Textgroups:
- stoa0049b
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.260
- Stoa id:
- stoa0049b
- Name:
- Balbus, T. Ampius
- Alt names:
- T. Ampius Balbus,
- Field of activity:
- consul
historian
- Notes:
- "T. Ampius Balbus, plebeian, tribune of the plebs B.C. 63.... Balbus
appears to have written some work on the history of his times, for Suetonius (Caes. 77) quotes
some remarks of Caesar's from a work of T. Ampius..." from Smith's Dictionary of Greek and
Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1, 1867, p. 455.
"Ampius Balbus, T., tribunus plebis 63 BC (Vell. Pat. 2,40,4), praetor
59, finally procos. in Asia (MRR 2, 197). After his return he was an unsuccessful candidate
for the consulate in 55 (schol. Bob. 156St.), in the Civil War he fought on the side of Pompey
( Pompeius)....l also appears as a historian (Cic. Fam. 6,12, 5) and published after Caesar's
death a work in which he attacked him sharply (Suet. Iul. 77)...:" from Will, Wolfgang (Bonn).
"Ampius." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider
. Brill, 2007. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 23 July 2007
- Author info:
- VIAF
- Smith's Dictionary
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