Gaius Vergilius Balbus

Part of the gens Vergilia, Gaius Vergilius Balbus was born around the same time as Cicero (106 BC), by whom he is described as "united by age"^[2]. Having served as a Praetor in 62 BC, Balbus went on to serve as Propraetor in Sicily from 61-58 BC.^[3], and refused to host Cicero during his political exile in 58 BC out of fear of repercussion from Publius Clodius Pulcher.^[4] Balbus is then recorded serving as a Legate under Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus in Macedonia in 57 BC,^[5] after which he disappears from the historical record.

• Broughton, T. Robert S. (1952). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic II (PDF). American Philogical Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
• Cicero, Pro Plancio
• Cicero, De Provinciis Consularibus