Balbus
historical figure · 2 works · 6 mentions · 13 anchored passages
Lucilius · Francisci Balbi · Franciscus Balbus · Lucilius Balbus · our school
in the texts
On the Nature of the Gods
The Stoic spokesman in the dialogue (also called Lucilius), who presents the Stoic case for the gods' existence and nature.
Then said Balbus:
Then said Balbus:
Then said Lucilius:
The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum)
Jurist (Franciscus Balbus) whose partial agreement with Angeli is examined and ultimately rejected.
Balbus admits the truth of these arguments, but says that the opinion of Angeli is to be accepted on the ground that time immemorial is believed to have the same validity as prerogative for setting up a title, since a perfect title is presumed from such efflux of time.
‘It appears then, from what has gone before that the opinion held by Johannes Faber, Angeli, Baldus, and Franciscus Balbus, whom we have cited above, is not to be trusted, because they think that places common by the law of nations, even if not open to acquisition by prescription, can nevertheless be acquired by custom;
Fatetur haec vera esse Balbus;