The gens Balventia was a Roman family during the late Republic.
It is known chiefly from a single individual, Titus Balventius, a primus pilus in the command of Quintus Titurius Sabinus in Gaul.
He was severely wounded in the attack made by Ambiorix in 54 B.C.
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