Laelius Balbus

Also known as: Balbus · Family: Roman Senate · Role: accuser · First appears: Annals VI (6)

Life events

• Acutia was condemned after Laelius Balbus charged her with high treason.(Annals VI (6) · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Acutia
  • “Laelius Balbus had with high treason charged Acutia, some time the wife of Publius Vitellius; and, as the Senate were, after her condemnation, decreeing a reward to the accuser”
• Junius Otho was exiled after obstructing Laelius Balbus’s reward.(Annals VI (6) · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Junius Otho
  • “the same was obstructed by the interposition of Junius Otho, Tribune of the People: hence their mutual hate, which ended in the exile of Otho.”
• Laelius Balbus was degraded from the Senate as punishment for his prosecution of the innocent.(Annals VI (6) · 📍 Rome)
  • “and that upon Laelius Balbus the same penalty be inflicted:”

Annals VI (6)

• enemies with Acutia “Laelius Balbus had with high treason charged Acutia, some time the wife of Publius Vitellius”
• enemies with Junius Otho “hence their mutual hate, which ended in the exile of Otho”

Also listed in Roman Senate — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.