Quintus Lucilius Balbus ( fl. 100 BC) was a

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philosopher and a pupil of

Panaetius Panaetius (; grc-gre, Παναίτιος, Panaítios; – ) of Rhodes was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus in Athens, before moving to Rome where he did m ...

. Balbus appeared to

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as comparable to the best Greek philosophers. He is introduced by Cicero in his dialogue '' On the Nature of the Gods'' as the expositor of the opinions of the Stoics on that subject, and his arguments are represented as of considerable weight. His name appears in the extant fragments of Cicero's ''

Hortensius Quintus Hortensius Hortalus (114–50 BC) was a famous Roman lawyer, a renowned orator and a statesman. Politically he belonged to the Optimates. He was consul in 69 BC alongside Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. His nickname was ''Dionysia'', ...

'', but it is no longer thought that Balbus was a speaker in the dialogue.

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1st-century BC philosophers Philosophers of Roman Italy Roman-era Stoic philosophers Lucilii {{AncientRome-bio-stub