2 Milo was a Papius by birth, adopted by his maternal grandfather T. […] Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus (cos. 72) was a plebeian by birth (Cicero, De imp. […] The patrician might recall past favours conferred upon the Roman plebs:3 he could also appeal to the duties which they owed to birth and station. […] Balbus, the Gaditane magnate, was not a Roman by birth, but a citizen of an alien community allied to Rome. […] Minucius Basilus owed his name to his maternal uncle, a wealthy man (P-W XV, 1947): by birth he was M.