Balbus is Latin for "stammerer", and may refer to: *

Quintus Lucilius Balbus Quintus Lucilius Balbus (fl. 100 BC) was a Stoic philosopher and a pupil of Panaetius. Balbus appeared to Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosophe ...

(fl. 100 BC), Stoic philosopher mentioned in the works of Cicero *

Marcus Atius Balbus Marcus Atius Balbus (105 – 51 BC) was a 1st-century BC Roman who served as a praetor in 62 BC, he was a cousin of the general Pompey on his mother's side and a brother-in-law of the Dictator Julius Caesar through his marriage to Caesar's sister ...

, grandfather of the Roman emperor Augustus *

Lucius Cornelius Balbus (consul 40 BC) Lucius Cornelius Balbus ( 1st century BC) was born in Gades early in the first century BC. Lucius Cornelius Balbus was a wealthy Roman politician and businessman of Punic origin and a native of Gades in Hispania, who played a significant role in ...

Lucius Cornelius Balbus (proconsul) Lucius Cornelius Balbus ( fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician and general of Punic origin from Gades. Although from a family of naturalized foreigners (he received Roman citizenship at the same time as his uncle, around 72 BC) he did valu ...

Theatre of Balbus Theatre of Balbus was an ancient Roman structure in the Campus Martius of Rome. It was built in 13 BC by proconsul Lucius Cornelius Balbus (minor), likely from the spoils of a military campaign by order of Augustus (Cassius Dio 54.18.2; Pliny the ...

, built by Lucius Cornelius Balbus (proconsul) * Johannes Balbus (died 1298), Italian lexicographer *

Steven Balbus Steven Andrew Balbus FRS (born 23 November 1953) is an American-born astrophysicist who is the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow at New College, Oxford. In 2013, he shared the Shaw Prize fo ...

, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford University * Balbus, a character in ''

The Apple Cart ''The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza'' is a 1928 play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a satirical comedy about several political philosophies which are expounded by the characters, often in lengthy monologues. The plot follows the fictional ...

'' by George Bernard Shaw * Balbus, a character in the ''

Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot The '' Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot'' is a satire in poetic form written by Alexander Pope and addressed to his friend John Arbuthnot, a physician. It was first published in 1735 and composed in 1734, when Pope learned that Arbuthnot was dying. Pope d ...

'' * '' Mixophyes balbus'', "Stuttering Frog" species * ST Balbus, a Nigerian Government tugboat

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