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Gaius Cocceius Balbus

Consul (suffectus) in 39 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 42 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: The latest date legally possible under the Cornelian law, but in this extraordinary period, as the case of Ventidius Bassus in 43 reveals, legal provisions regarding the holding of offices and the intervals between them were frequently disregarded. On Cocceius, see (a).

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) PIR² 2.2 8 8, no. 1212; De Laet no. 118
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Alfenus Varus (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 42 BCE (Praetor) , 39 BCE (Consul)

    C. Calvisius Sabinus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 39 BCE (Consul)

    L. Marcius Censorinus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 39 BCE (Consul)

    C. Furnius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 42 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Aelius Lamia (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 42 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 39 BCE
    Consul ·suffect · Co-consuls: C. Calvisius Sabinus, L. Marcius Censorinus, P. Alfenus Varus

    Broughton: Both confuse him with L. Cocceius Nerva, but the identification is clear in Fast. Mag. Vic. (see Degrassi 287).

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Fast. Mag. Vic., Degrassi 282, 287; Fast. Biond., ibid. 291f., and see 135, 506f.; on Cocceius, Fast. Pinc., ibid. 277f.; on Alfenus, Dig. 1.2.2.44; Porphyr. on Hor. Sat. 1.3.130. On Cocceius, see PIR² 2.288-289, no. 1212 and 1214; De Laet no. 118.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Alfenus Varus (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 42 BCE (Praetor) , 39 BCE (Consul)

    C. Calvisius Sabinus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 39 BCE (Consul)

    L. Marcius Censorinus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 39 BCE (Consul)

    C. Furnius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 42 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Aelius Lamia (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 42 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

No family relations recorded.