Balventia gens

The gens Balventia was a Roman family during the late Republic. It is known chiefly from a single individual, Titus Balventius, a primus pilus in the command of Quintus Titurius Sabinus in Gaul. He was severely wounded in the attack made by Ambiorix in 54 B.C.[1][2]

See also

• List of Roman gentes

Footnotes

1. Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, v. 35.
2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.

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