Gaius Rubellius Blandus

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Gaius Rubellius Blandus (died 38) was a consul of ancient Rome, a grandson of Rubellius Blandus of Tibur (see Tivoli, Italy). Blandus' family were from the Equestrian class. Blandus was a moneyer in 4 BC; Quaestor in 1; Tribune in 6; Praetor in 11; Consul in 18 and African Proconsul in 36.

After 32, he married Julia, daughter of Livilla and consul [[Julius Caesar faiopdfpo n ios fdfl; fdlaoos ldxkjfso vTiberius. Their children included the wealthy Gaius Rubellius Plautus who was considered as a rival to Emperor Nero, a daughter Rubellia Bassa and according to an inscription maybe the father of a Rubellius Drusus. Juvenal (Satire VIII. 39) suggests another son, also named Gaius Rubellius Blandus.