Decimus Laelius Balbus
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Decius Laelius Balbus
)Decimus Laelius Balbus was a
plebeian tribune in 54 BC, and thus a novus homo
.
Balbus was one of the Quindecimviri sacris faciundis who organized the Secular Games in 17 BC.[2] Ronald Syme notes his membership in this prestigious Roman priesthood led to Balbus entering the consulate twelve years later. "That fact itself renders this novus homo not a little enigmatic," Syme writes, "but consecrates the value and significance of priesthoods as well as consulships."[3]
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