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Balventius
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Latin
Balventia gens
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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A Roman nomen gentilicium, gens or "family name" is known chiefly from a person by:
la Titus Balventius, a Primus pilus in the command of Quintus Titurius Sabinus in Gaul.
la Julius Caesar Bello Gallico 5 35 Tum Tito Balventio, qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, viro forti et magnae auctoritatis, utrumque femur tragula traicitur; At length, each thigh of T. Balventius, who the year before had been chief centurion, a brave man and one of great authority, is pierced with a javelin;
Declension
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la Roman Empire