LAEL2438 D. Laelius (6) Balbus

Life Dates

  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Possibly proscribed? Hinard 43 no. 71

Relationships

son of
D. Laelius (5) (son of? D. Laelius (4)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Flacc. 14, Cic. Flacc. 2

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 54 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Aided Gabinius when after his conviction for extortion he was treated too contemptuously by C. Memmius (Val. Max. 8. 1, abs. 3). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 49 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Sent in February by Pompey at Luceria to the Consuls at Capua to urge their retreat to Brundisium (Cic. Att. 8.11D.1, and 12A.3). See below, Prefects. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praefectus 49 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Prefect, along with C. Valerius Triarius, of a part of Pompey's fleet recruited in Asia and Syria (Caes. BC 3.5.3, and 7.1; IGRP 3.1018, #; cf. PIRĀ² 2.260, no. 26). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praefectus 48 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Praefectus classis (see 49, Prefects). He blockaded Oricum and attacked Brundisium. (Caes. BC 3.7, and 40.5, and 100). After Pharsalus, Antony granted both to him and to Cicero special right to be in Italy (Cic. Att. 11.7.2, cf. 14.1, and 15.1-2). (Broughton MRR II)