person
Marcus Atius Balbus
M. Atius Balbus
also: M. Atius Balbus, Marcus Atius Balbus
A praetorian senator of distinction from Aricia, father of Atia and thus maternal grandfather of Octavian. Cicero names him in Philippic 3 to rebut Antony's sneer at Aricia and at Octavian's birth.
Reading notes
- Third Philippic §16 Marcus Atius Balbus
A distinguished praetorian senator of Aricia, father of Atia and maternal grandfather of Octavian; Cicero names him to rebut Antony's contempt for Octavian's birth.