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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.

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