Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

AMPI2291 T. Ampius (1) T. f. Hor. Balbus

Life Dates

  • 46?, exiled (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly no. 61.

  • 45?, restored (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly no. 61.

Relationships

son of
? Eppuleia (2) (married to T. Ampius (1) T. f. Hor. Balbus (pr. 59)) (DPRR Team)
brother of
? Ampia (3) (daughter of? T. Ampius (1) T. f. Hor. Balbus (pr. 59)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. fam. VI 12.3

married to
Eppuleia (2) (married to T. Ampius (1) T. f. Hor. Balbus (pr. 59)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. fam. VI 12.3

father of
? Ampia (3) (daughter of? T. Ampius (1) T. f. Hor. Balbus (pr. 59)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. fam. VI 12.3

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 63 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Joined Labienus in carrying a law permitting Pompey to wear the dress of a triumphator at the games (Vell. 2.40.4; Dio 37.21.3-4). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Praetor 59 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See 58, Promagistrates. A candidate for the consulship, probably in 55 (Schol. Bob. 156 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 754, footnote 450 (Brennan 2000)
  • Proconsul 58 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Asia (cistophori of Ephesus, Tralles, and Laodiceia, Head, HN² 576, 660, 678, and B. M. Catalogues, Ionia 67, Lydia cxxxix, and Phrygia lxxiv; cf. Cic. Fam. 1.3.2; and 3.7.5, where Ampio may be a mistake for Fabio). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Procos. Asia 58. The reading Ampio in Cic. Fam. 3.7.5 (cf 1.3.2) implies that Ampius Balbus, proconsul in Asia in 58-57, was also the immediate predecessor of Lentulus Spinther in Cilicia in 57-56. This cannot be due to the transfer of the three Phrygian dioceses from Asia to Cilicia at that time, for C. Fabius Hadrianus issued coins in Laodiceia and Apameia in that year (MRR 2.203) as proconsul in Asia. Magie (RRAM 1247) suggests that he received Cilicia the year after he was in Asia by a special grant, and Syme (CPh 50, 1955, 130; cf. Anat. Stud. Buckler 301) that this was arranged when Syria was substituted for Gabinius' original province of Cilicia, a better solution than the suggestion (MRR 2.197) that Ampio in Cic. Fam. 3.7.5 may be an error for Fabio. See Shackleton Bailey, CLF 1.372. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 57 Asia (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Procos. Asia 58. The reading Ampio in Cic. Fam. 3.7.5 (cf 1.3.2) implies that Ampius Balbus, proconsul in Asia in 58-57, was also the immediate predecessor of Lentulus Spinther in Cilicia in 57-56. This cannot be due to the transfer of the three Phrygian dioceses from Asia to Cilicia at that time, for C. Fabius Hadrianus issued coins in Laodiceia and Apameia in that year (MRR 2.203) as proconsul in Asia. Magie (RRAM 1247) suggests that he received Cilicia the year after he was in Asia by a special grant, and Syme (CPh 50, 1955, 130; cf. Anat. Stud. Buckler 301) that this was arranged when Syria was substituted for Gabinius' original province of Cilicia, a better solution than the suggestion (MRR 2.197) that Ampio in Cic. Fam. 3.7.5 may be an error for Fabio. See Shackleton Bailey, CLF 1.372. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 56 Cilicia (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Procos. Asia 58. The reading Ampio in Cic. Fam. 3.7.5 (cf 1.3.2) implies that Ampius Balbus, proconsul in Asia in 58-57, was also the immediate predecessor of Lentulus Spinther in Cilicia in 57-56. This cannot be due to the transfer of the three Phrygian dioceses from Asia to Cilicia at that time, for C. Fabius Hadrianus issued coins in Laodiceia and Apameia in that year (MRR 2.203) as proconsul in Asia. Magie (RRAM 1247) suggests that he received Cilicia the year after he was in Asia by a special grant, and Syme (CPh 50, 1955, 130; cf. Anat. Stud. Buckler 301) that this was arranged when Syria was substituted for Gabinius' original province of Cilicia, a better solution than the suggestion (MRR 2.197) that Ampio in Cic. Fam. 3.7.5 may be an error for Fabio. See Shackleton Bailey, CLF 1.372. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 49 Italia, Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Raised levies for Pompey about Capua (Cic. Att. 8.11B.2; Fam. 2.16.3), and served as a Legatus pro praetore in Asia (Joseph. AJ 14.229-230, 238). See also Cic. Fam. 6.12.3. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 48 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • A Pompeian Legatus pro praetore in Asia (see 49, Legates). Reports of Caesar's imminent arrival prevented him from robbing the temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Caes. BC 3.105.1-2). (Broughton MRR II)

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