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Balbus, active 81-106

LC control no.nr 95039359
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Personal name headingBalbus, active 81-106
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Variant(s)Balbus, fl. 81-106
Beginning date0081
Ending date0106
Found inExpositio et ratio omnium formarum, 1991: PHI CD ROM #5.3, Latin Canon, bibliographic screen (Balbus)
Pauly-Wissowa: 4. Halbbd., col. 2820-2822; "Balbus", #2 (Balbus; next to Frontinus and Hyginus the most prominent Roman surveyor; officer of high rank during the Dacian campaigns; as the emperor is not named, most evidence points to Trajan; wrote his book as early as 102 or as late as 106)
Oxford class. dict., 2nd ed.: p. 160 (Balbus; a writer on surveying; in charge of military surveying during the Dacian compaigns of Domitian or more probably of Trajan)
Not found inNUC pre-56; Dict. of Greek and Roman biog. and mythology.