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Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87
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 (consul 76 BC) Gnaeus Octavius was consul of the Roman Republic in 76 BC. His father Marcus Octavius was possibly either the Marcus who was the '' tribunus plebis'' in 133 BC, political opponent of Tiberius Gracchus, or the Marcus who was also ''tribunus plebis ... See also * Octavius (other) {{human name disambiguation, Octavius, Gnaeus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnaeus Octavius (consul 165 BC)
Gnaeus Octavius (died 162 BC) was a Roman politician and general who served as consul in 165 BC and was the builder of the Porticus Octavia. Family background Octavius belonged to the plebeian ''gens'' Octavia, which had emerged in the middle of the 3rd century. Its first attested member was a Gaius Octavius Rufus, whose two sons founded the two branches of the gens, but the second one, to which later belonged Octavian (the future first Roman emperor Augustus), received much less honours during the Republic. The elder branch shows a progression in the cursus honorum: Octavius' grandfather Gnaeus Octavius was aedile curule and his father Gnaeus Octavius was praetor in 205. The latter notably fought at Cannae in 216 and commanded the fleet from his praetorship to the end of the Second Punic War in 202. He then participated in several diplomatic delegations in the Greek East: first with Flamininus in Macedonia in 197, then to refound Croton as a colony with Aemilius Paullus i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnaeus Octavius (consul 128 BC)
Gnaeus Octavius (fl. 133–126 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was praetor c. 131 BC and consul in 128 BC, but his life is mostly unknown apart from a few inscriptions and an anecdote from Cicero. Family background Octavius belonged to the plebeian ''gens'' Octavia, which had emerged in the middle of the 3rd century BC. Its first attested member was a Gaius Octavius Rufus, whose two sons founded the two branches of the gens, but the second one, to which later belonged Octavian (the future first Roman emperor Augustus), received much less honours during the Republic. The elder branch shows a constant progression in the ''cursus honorum'': Octavius's great-grandfather Gnaeus Octavius was aedile curule, his grandfather Gnaeus Octavius was praetor in 205, and his father Gnaeus Octavius was consul in 165. The latter had an impressive career, which mostly took place in the Greek East. He notably captured the last Macedonian king Perseus in 168 and received a triumph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Octavius was a member of the Plebeian gens Octavia. His father, also called Gnaeus Octavius, was Consul in 128 BC, while his uncle, Marcus Octavius, was a key figure in opposition to the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus in 133 BC. He was a third cousin to Gaius Octavius, father of the future emperor Augustus. Although he had failed to be elected aedile, in around 90 BC, Octavius was elected Praetor, and in the following year (89 BC) was given a propraetorial command in one of the eastern provinces. In 88 BC he was back in Rome where he was elected to be consul for the upcoming year (87 BC). While consul designate, he was made to swear an oath alongside his colleague, the popularist senator Lucius Cornelius Cinna, that he would uphold the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnaeus Octavius (consul 76 BC)
Gnaeus Octavius was consul of the Roman Republic in 76 BC. His father Marcus Octavius was possibly either the Marcus who was the '' tribunus plebis'' in 133 BC, political opponent of Tiberius Gracchus, or the Marcus who was also ''tribunus plebis'' and brought forward a law raising the price at which corn was sold to the people. A member of the plebeian gens Octavia, Gnaeus Octavius was elected praetor by 79 BC at the latest. He may have been the ''praetor urbanus'' who introduced 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. Gnaeus Octavius was elected consul for 76 BC, with Gaius Scribonius Curio as his colleague. Scorned as an orator, he was also plagued with attacks of gout, which eventually made it impossible for him to walk.Smith, pg. 8 See also * Octavia (gens) The gens Octavia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which was raised to patrician status by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
