Biography
A member of the plebeian Octavia (gens), gens Octavia, and the son of Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC), Lucius Octavius was elected praetor by 78 BC at the latest. He is suspected by the historian Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton to have been the author of the ''Formula Octaviana'', a law which provided for the restoration of property and money which had been obtained by violent acts, or by threats of violence. In 75 BC Lucius Octavius was elected Roman consul, consul alongside Gaius Aurelius Cotta. During the later stages of his consulate, both Lucius Octavius and his colleague were attacked by crowds along the Via Sacra while they were campaigning on behalf of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus’ campaign for the praetorship. Both men had to take refuge in Lucius Octavius’ house. For his proconsular Roman governor, governorship, Lucius Octavius was allotted the province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia. He arrived there in early 74 BC, but died very shortly afterwards, just as the Third Mithridatic War was beginning. His replacement as governor was the consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus (consul 74 BC), Lucius Licinius Lucullus.Broughton, pgs. 100-102See also
* Octavia (gens)Sources
* Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, Broughton, T. Robert S., ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', Vol. II (1951)References
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