Gaius Vergilius Balbus (fl. 62-57 BC) was a Roman magistrate and promagistrate who was politically active during the closing decades of the Roman Republic, and was a known associate of Marcus Tullius Cicero.Cicero, Pro Plancio, 95-96
Biography Part of the gens Vergilia, Gaius Vergilius Balbus was born around the same time as Cicero (106 BC), by whom he is described as "united by age"Cicero, Pro Plancio, 95 . Having served as a Praetor in 62 BC, Balbus went on to serve as Propraetor in Sicily from 61-58 BC.Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II p.181 , and refused to host Cicero during his political exile in 58 BC out of fear of repercussion from Publius Clodius Pulcher.Cicero, Pro Plancio, 96 Balbus is then recorded serving as a Legate under Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus in Macedonia in 57 BC,Cicero, De Provinciis Consularibus, 7 after which he disappears from the historical record.
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Cicero, Pro Plancio Cicero, De Provinciis Consularibus