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Gaius Octavius (other)
Gaius Octavius may refer to; * Gaius Octavius (tribune 216 BC) (fl. 216 BC), military tribune * Gaius Octavius (proconsul) (c. 100–59 BC), praetor in 61 BC * Augustus or Gaius Octavius Thurinus (63 BC–AD 14), first Roman Emperor * Gaius Octavius Laenas, curator of the aqueducts in Rome (AD 34–38) * Gaius Octavius Lampadio, ancient Roman * Gaius Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus, senator and consul (214 and 240) See also * Gaius * Gnaeus Octavius (other) * Lucius Octavius (name) * Marcus Octavius Marcus Octavius was a name used for men among the gens Octavia (gens), Octavia. Marcus was one of the four chief Roman naming conventions, praenomina used by the Octavii, the other three being Gaius Octavius (other), Gaius, Gnaeus Octavius ... * Octavius (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Octavius, Gaius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Octavius (tribune 216 BC)
Gaius Octavius (fl. 205 BC) was a Roman army officer who was active during the third century BC. He was the son of the equestrian Gaius Octavius and grandson of the quaestor Gnaeus Octavius Rufus, also the father of Velitrae's magistrate Gaius Octavius, grandfather of praetor Gaius Octavius and great-grandfather of Roman emperor Augustus (reigning 27 BC - 14 AD). When Marcus Antonius tried to show his contempt against Augustus, he said that Octavius was a freedman and rope-maker from Thurii., p. 9, 2.2 During the Second Punic War, Octavius served as military tribune and participated in the disastrous battle of Cannae, being one of few survivors. When the Carthaginians marched into the Roman camp, Octavius and his colleague, tribune P. Sempronius Tuditanus, managed to cut their way through the enemy and arrived safely in Canusium. He served in Sicilia (modern Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Octavius (proconsul)
Gaius Octavius ( – 59 BC) was a Roman politician. He was an ancestor to the Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He was the biological father of the Emperor Augustus, step-grandfather of the Emperor Tiberius, great-grandfather of the Emperor Claudius, and great-great-grandfather of the Emperors Caligula and Nero. Hailing from Velitrae, he belonged to an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian gens Octavia. Not being of senatorial rank, he was a '' novus homo'' ("new man") at Rome. His grandfather, Gaius Octavius, fought as a military tribune in Sicily during the Second Punic War. His father, Gaius Octavius, was a municipal magistrate who lived to an advanced age. Personal life Octavius' first wife was named Ancharia. The two had a child named Octavia the Elder. It is not known how the marriage ended, although it is possible that Ancharia died during child birth. Octavius later married the niece of Julius Caesar, Atia. How they met is not known, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an Roman imperial cult, imperial cult and an era of regional hegemony, imperial peace (the or ) in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The Principate system of government was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century. Octavian was born into an equites, equestrian branch of the plebeian Octavia gens, Octavia. Following his maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar's assassination of Julius Caesar, assassination in 44 BC, Octavian was named in Caesar's will as his Adoption in ancient Rome, adopted son and heir, and inherited Caesar's name, estate, and the loyalty of his legions. He, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus formed the Second Triumvirat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Octavius Laenas
Gaius Octavius Laenas was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate. He was suffect consul in the second half of AD 33 as the colleague of Lucius Salvius Otho. Laenas was also ''curator aquarum'', or overseer of the aqueducts and water supply of Rome from the death of Marcus Cocceius Nerva from about the year 33 to the year 38.R. H. Rodgers"Curatores Aquarum" ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', 86 (1982), p. 172 Octavius Laenas is important for genealogical reasons, as Ronald Syme explains. He was the son of another Octavius Laenas, who is otherwise unattested, and Sergia "presumed a daughter of the patrician L. Sergius Plautus". Besides the future consul, the elder Laenas and Sergia also had a daughter, Sergia Plautilla, who married Marcus Cocceius Nerva; their children included the future emperor Nerva. The younger Laenas married Rubellia Bassa, the daughter of his maternal cousin Gaius Rubellius Blandus, suffect consul in 18. That Blandus was married, eith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Octavius Lampadio
Gaius, sometimes spelled Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People * Gaius (biblical figure) (1st century AD) *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hybrida * Gaius Asinius Gallus *Gaius Asinius Pollio * Gaius Ateius Capito * Gaius Aurelius Cotta * Gaius Calpurnius Piso *Gaius Canuleius, a tribune *Gaius Cassius Longinus *Gaius Charles, American actor * Gaius Claudius Glaber, Roman military commander during the Third Servile War *Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior, consul in 49 BC * Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor (88–40 BC), consul in 50 BC * Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman orator famous for the annals and histories *Gaius Duilius *Gaius Fabricius Luscinus * Gaius Flaminius *Gaius Flavius Fimbria *Gaius Gracchus *Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus * Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, consul and Syrian prince *Gaius Julius Caesar, mostly known as only "Julius Caesar" * Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ancient Romans
This an alphabetical list of ancient Romans, including citizens of ancient Rome remembered in history. :''Note that some people may be listed multiple times, once for each part of the name.'' A * Abronius Silo - latin poet * Abudius Ruso - aedile and legate * Lucius Accius - tragic poet and literary scholar * Titus Accius - jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ... and equestrian *Acerronia Polla - servant of Agrippina the Younger *Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus - consul *Acilius Severus (consul), Acilius Severus - consul and Praefectus urbi, urban prefect *Acilius Severus (writer), Acilius Severus - Christian writer *Gaius Acilius - Roman Senate, senator and historianAlexander Hugh McDonald, "Acilius, Gaius", ''Oxford Classical Dictionary'', revised 3rd edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus
Gaius Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus (fl. 3rd century) was a Roman senator and military officer who was appointed consul twice, firstly in AD 214, and secondly in AD 240. Biography Originating from the town of Histonium, and the son of a senator, Suetrius Sabinus began his senatorial career under the reign of the emperor Septimius Severus. His first role was as a member of the '' Decemviri Stlitibus Iudicandis'' which he filled around AD 193 or 194. He then stood as one of the imperial candidates for the office of Quaestor in AD 201, before again standing for the office of Plebeian Tribune in AD 203. He was eventually elected to the office of '' praetor de liberalibus causis'' in AD 206. Suetrius Sabinus was next sent as a Legatus to Africa before returning to Rome to act as ''curator viarum viae Latinae novae'' (or curator of the Via Latina) from AD 209 to 210. His next posting was as '' iuridicus per Aemiliam et Liguriam'', which he held from AD 210 to 211. Suetrius Sabinus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius
Gaius, sometimes spelled Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People * Gaius (biblical figure) (1st century AD) *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist * Gaius Acilius * Gaius Antonius * Gaius Antonius Hybrida * Gaius Asinius Gallus * Gaius Asinius Pollio * Gaius Ateius Capito * Gaius Aurelius Cotta * Gaius Calpurnius Piso *Gaius Canuleius, a tribune * Gaius Cassius Longinus * Gaius Charles, American actor * Gaius Claudius Glaber, Roman military commander during the Third Servile War * Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior, consul in 49 BC * Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor (88–40 BC), consul in 50 BC * Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman orator famous for the annals and histories * Gaius Duilius * Gaius Fabricius Luscinus * Gaius Flaminius * Gaius Flavius Fimbria * Gaius Gracchus * Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus * Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, consul and Syrian prince * Gaius Julius Caesar, mostly known as only "Julius Caesar" * Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnaeus Octavius (other)
Gnaeus Octavius can refer to several politicians of ancient Rome: * , quaestor circa 230 BC * Gnaeus Octavius (consul 165 BC) * Gnaeus Octavius (consul 128 BC) * Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC) Gnaeus Octavius (died 87 BC) was a Roman senator who was elected consul of the Roman Republic in 87 BC alongside Lucius Cornelius Cinna. He died during the chaos that accompanied the capture of Rome by Cinna and Gaius Marius. Early career Gnaeus O ... * Gnaeus Octavius (consul 76 BC) See also * Octavius (other) {{human name disambiguation, Octavius, Gnaeus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Octavius (name)
Lucius Octavius was a name used for men among the gens Octavia. Lucius was one of the four chief praenomina used by the Octavii, the other three being Gaius, Gnaeus and Marcus. Lucius Octavius refers to men from several families of the gens Octavia: * Lucius Octavius (Rufus), consul in 75 BC, son of Gnaeus Octavius the consul in 87 BC, frequently confounded with the jurist Lucius Octavius Balbus; * Lucius Octavius Ligur, tribune of the Plebs in 82 BC with his brother, Marcus Octavius Ligur; * Lucius Octavius, legate of Pompey during the war against the pirates in 67 BC; * Lucius Octavius Naso, benefactor of Lucius Flavius, praetor designatus in 59 BC; * Lucius Octavius Balbus, eminent legal scholar and judex in the time of Cicero; * Lucius Octavius, detected in adultery by Gaius Memmius, and punished by him. See also * Gaius Octavius (other) * Gnaeus Octavius (other) * Marcus Octavius Marcus Octavius was a name used for men among the gens Octavia (gens), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Octavius
Marcus Octavius was a name used for men among the gens Octavia (gens), Octavia. Marcus was one of the four chief Roman naming conventions, praenomina used by the Octavii, the other three being Gaius Octavius (other), Gaius, Gnaeus Octavius (other), Gnaeus and Lucius Octavius (other), Lucius. The most known member was the ''tribunus plebis'' in 133 BC and colleague-turned-opponent of Tiberius Gracchus. Marcus Octavius also refers to men from several families of the gens Octavia: Relatives of Augustus, member of the so-called Octavia (gens)#Octavii Rufi, Octavii Rufi: * Marcus Octavius (tribune of the plebs 133 BC), political opponent of Tiberius Gracchus, possibly son of Gnaeus Octavius, consul in 165 BC; * Marcus Octavius (tribune in uncertain year), Marcus Octavius, tribune of the Plebs in an uncertain year, brought forward a law raising the corn's price; * Marcus Octavius (aedile 50 BC), possibly grandson of the tribune of the Plebs in an uncertain year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
