Gaius Cocceius Balbus

Gaius Cocceius Balbus (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician and military commander who served as suffect consul in 39 BC.

Biography

A member of the Plebeian gens Cocceia, Cocceius Balbus was a supporter of Marcus Antonius.[1] He was probably elected as Praetor in 42 BC.[2] In 39 BC, he was appointed suffect consul to replace Lucius Marcius Censorinus.[3]

In around 35 BC, Cocceius Balbus served as either proconsular governor of Macedonia, or as a Legatus in Greece.[4] During his time in Greece, he was acclaimed as Imperator by his troops.[5] He eventually abandoned Marcus Antonius and threw his support behind Octavianus after Antonius divorced Octavia the Younger.[6]

Political offices
Preceded by
Lucius Marcius Censorinus		 Suffect consul of the Roman Republic
39 BC
with Alfenus Varus 		Succeeded by
Appius Claudius Pulcher and Gaius Norbanus Flaccus

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Syme, pg. 200
  2. ↑ Broughton, pg. 359
  3. ↑ Broughton, pg. 386
  4. ↑ Broughton, pg. 407
  5. ↑ Syme, pg. 267
  6. ↑ Stern, Gaius, Women, Children, and Senators on the Ara Pacis Augustae: A Study of Augustus' Vision of a New World Order in 13 BC (2006), pg. 351
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