Marcus Octavius

Marcus Octavius was a name used for men among the

gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; : gentes ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same ''nomen gentilicium'' and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens, sometimes identified by a distinct cognomen, was cal ...

Octavia. Marcus was one of the four chief

praenomina The praenomen (; plural: praenomina) was a first name chosen by the parents of a Ancient Rome, Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the ...

used by the Octavii, the other three being

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 Gal ...

, Gnaeus and Lucius. The most known member was the ''tribunus plebis'' in 133 BC and colleague-turned-opponent of

Tiberius Gracchus Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (; 163 – 133 BC) was a Roman politician best known for his agrarian reform law entailing the transfer of land from the Roman state and wealthy landowners to poorer citizens. He had also served in the ...

. Marcus Octavius also refers to men from several families of the gens Octavia: Relatives of Augustus, member of the so-called

Octavii Rufi The gens Octavia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which was raised to patrician (ancient Rome), patrician status by Julius Caesar, Caesar during the first century BC. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gnaeus Octavius Rufu ...

: * Marcus Octavius (tribune of the plebs 133 BC), political opponent of Tiberius Gracchus, possibly son of Gnaeus Octavius, consul in 165 BC; *

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 (disambiguation), Gaius, Gnaeus 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, a partisan of Pompey during the Civil War; *

, admiral of Mark Antony's fleet at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. Members of other families: * Marcus Octavius Ligur, tribune of the Plebs in 82 BC with his brother, Lucius Octavius Ligur; * Marcus Octavius Laenas Curtianus, one of the distinguished men who supplicated the judges on behalf of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, in 54 BC; * Marcus Octavius Herennius, trader, then the builder of a chapel to Hercules near the Porta Trigemina. {{DEFAULTSORT:Octavius, Marcus Octavii Set index articles on ancient Rome