Balbus was one of the Quindecimviri sacris faciundis who organized the Secular Games in 17 BC.[2]Ronald Syme notes his membership in this prestigious Roman priesthood led to Balbus entering the consulate twelve years later. "That fact itself renders this novus homo not a little enigmatic," Syme writes, "but consecrates the value and significance of priesthoods as well as consulships."[3]
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^Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy (Cambridge: University Press, 2012), p. 458
decimus, laelius, balbus, roman, senator, active, during, reign, augustus, consul, with, gaius, antistius, vetus, colleague, balbus, grandson, decimus, laelius, plebeian, tribune, thus, novus, homo, balbus, quindecimviri, sacris, faciundis, organized, secular,. Decimus Laelius Balbus was a Roman senator who was active during the reign of Augustus He was consul in 6 BC with Gaius Antistius Vetus as his colleague 1 Balbus was the grandson of Decimus Laelius plebeian tribune in 54 BC and thus a novus homo Balbus was one of the Quindecimviri sacris faciundis who organized the Secular Games in 17 BC 2 Ronald Syme notes his membership in this prestigious Roman priesthood led to Balbus entering the consulate twelve years later That fact itself renders this novus homo not a little enigmatic Syme writes but consecrates the value and significance of priesthoods as well as consulships 3 References edit Alison E Cooley The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy Cambridge University Press 2012 p 458 CIL VI 32323 Syme The Augustan Aristocracy Oxford Clarendon Press 1986 p 78 Political offices Preceded byTiberius Claudius Nero II and Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso Consul of the Roman Empire6 BCwith Gaius Antistius Vetus Succeeded byImp Caesar Divi filius Augustus XII and Lucius Cornelius Sulla Faustus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Decimus Laelius Balbus amp oldid 1107203617, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
