Marcus Atius [61223]
- Born: 105 B.C.
- Marriage: Julia Caesaris [61226]
- Died: 0051 B.C. at age 54
 Another name for Marcus was Marcus Atius Balbus.
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Marcus Atius Balbus (105 BC\endash 51 BC) was the son and heir of an elder Marcus Atius Balbus (148 BC\endash 87 BC) and Pompeia . Pompeia was a sister to consul Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo , father of triumvir Pompey . The family of the elder Balbus came from a Roman senatorial family plebs status from Aricia (modern Ariccia, Italy ). 'Balbus' in Latin means stammer . The younger Balbus was born and raised in Aricia.
Balbus married Julia Minor, second eldest sister of dictator Gaius Julius Caesar . Julia bore Balbus three daughters and they were:
Atia Balba Prima - mother of Quintus Pedius who served as a general and consul.
Atia Balba Caesonia - mother of Octavia Minor (fourth wife of triumvir Mark Antony ) and of first Emperor Augustus .
Atia Balba Tertia - mother of Lucius Pinarius , who was a political supporter of Mark Antony.
He served as a praetor in 62 BC and he managed to obtain the government of Sardinia . Under Caesar in 59 BC, Balbus was appointed along with Pompey on a board of commissioners under Julian Law to divide estates in Campania among the commoners. Cicero stated that Pompey would say as a joke about Balbus, that he was not a person of any importance.
Marcus married Julia Caesaris [61226] [MRIN: 551617498], daughter of Gaius Julius III Caesar [61227] and Aurelia Cotta [61228]. (Julia Caesaris [61226] was born in 101 B.C. and died in 0051 B.C..)
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