Descendants of Gnaeus Octavius Rufus • Gnaeus Octavius Rufus,
quaestor circa 230 BC. • Gnaeus Octavius Cn. f. Cn. n., consul in 128 BC; according to
Cicero, he was accustomed to speaking in the courts of justice. • Gaius Octavius C. f. C. n., the grandfather of Augustus, possessed considerable property, and lived quietly in his villa at Velitrae. He probably augmented his income by money-lending, for both
Mark Antony and
Cassius Parmensis called Augustus the grandson of a money-lender. •
Gnaeus Octavius Cn. f. Cn. n., consul in 87 BC, violently opposed the attempts of his colleague,
Cornelius Cinna, to distribute the newly enfranchised
Italian allies among all the 35
voting tribes, and to recall
Gaius Marius from exile. In the ensuing
civil war, Octavius was murdered in the consuls' chair by Cinna's partisans. • Marcus Octavius Cn. f. Cn. n., tribune of the plebs in an uncertain year, brought forward a law raising the price at which corn was sold to the people. •
Gnaeus Octavius M. f. Cn. n., consul in 76 BC, and a minor orator, suffered such severe gout that he was unable to walk. •
Gaius Octavius C. f. C. n., the father of Augustus, was praetor in 61 BC. Subsequently
proconsul of
Macedonia, he defeated several
Thracian tribes, and was saluted
imperator by his troops. He died suddenly in 59. •
Marcus Octavius Cn. f. M. n.,
aedile in 50 BC, was a partisan of
Pompeius during the
Civil War. •
Octavia C. f. C. n., half-sister of Augustus, married
Sextus Appuleius. •
Octavia C. f. C. n., sister of Augustus, married first
Gaius Claudius Marcellus, consul in 50 BC, and second
Mark Antony. •
Gaius Octavius C. f. C. n., the first Roman emperor, was the great-nephew of
Julius Caesar, in whose will he was adopted. In 27 BC the senate proclaimed him
Augustus.
Octavii Ligures • Marcus Octavius Ligur, father-in-law of Publius Luicus Gamala. • Lucius Octavius Ligur, tribune of the plebs with his brother, Marcus, in 82 BC, he defended his brother's interests in Sicily from Verres during Marcus' absence. Perhaps the same person mentioned in one of Cicero's letters to
Atticus. • Octavia M. f., possibly sister of the two above and wife of
Publius Lucilius Gamala Octavii Balbi •
Lucius Octavius Balbus, an eminent legal scholar, and juror in the trial of
Verres. • Publius Octavius Balbus, juror in the trial of Oppianicus, possibly identical with Lucius Balbus. • Gaius Octavius Balbus, was proscribed by the triumvirs in 42 BC. Although he had escaped his house, he went to his son's house when he heard that his son was to be slain, and there met his death after discovering the ruse. • Octavius C. f. Balbus, the son of the proscribed Gaius Octavius Balbus, who rushed to his house when he heard that his son was to be put to death.
Octavii Laenates • Marcus Octavius Laenas Curtianus, one of the distinguished men who supplicated the judges on behalf of
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, in 54 BC. •
Gaius Octavius Laenas, curator of the aqueducts in Rome from AD 34 to 38, during the reigns of Tiberius and
Caligula. • Octavia C. f. Sergia Plautilla, daughter of Gaius Octavius Laenas, the curator of the aqueducts, was the mother of the emperor
Nerva. • Lucius Octavius C. f. Laenas, son of the curator of the aqueducts and father of the consul of 131 AD. •
Sergius Octavius Laenas Pontianus, consul in AD 131.
Others • Gnaeus Octavius Ruso, quaestor in 105 BC under Marius, and praetor in an uncertain year prior to 91. • Octavius Graecinus, one of the generals of
Sertorius in
Hispania,
distinguished himself in battle against
Pompeius in 76 BC. Four years later, he joined
Perperna's conspiracy to murder Sertorius. • Lucius Octavius, a
legate of
Pompeius during the war against the pirates, in 67 BC; succeeded
Quintus Caecilius Metellus in the command of
Crete, and received the submission of the Cretan towns. • Lucius Octavius Naso, left his estate to Lucius Flavius, praetor
designatus in 59 BC. • Octavius, a legate in the army of
Marcus Licinius Crassus, killed at the
Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC. • Lucius Octavius, detected in adultery by Gaius Memmius, and punished by him. • Octavius Marsus, legate of
Publius Cornelius Dolabella, who sent him into Syria with one legion in 43 BC. After the town of
Laodiceia was betrayed into the hands of
Gaius Cassius Longinus, Dolabella and Octavius put an end to their own lives. • Marcus Octavius, commanded the center of
Marc Antony's fleet at the
Battle of Actium. Possibly identical with the aedile of 50 BC, or with Ligur, or Marsus. • Lucius Octavius L. f. Rufus, a contemporary of Augustus, was
military tribune in the
Legio IV Scythica, became one of the municipal
duumvirs,
decurion, and
augur at
Suasa in
Umbria. •
Marcus Octavius Herennius, originally a flute player, he became engaged in trade, and built a chapel to
Hercules near the
Porta Trigemina, at the foot of the
Aventine Hill, supposedly in gratitude for having been delivered from pirates. • Gaius Octavius Lampadio, a grammarian, who divided the poem of
Naevius on the
First Punic War into seven books. • Octavius C. f. Fronto, a contemporary of
Tiberius, he had been praetor, and in AD 16 spoke in the senate against the great luxury then prevailing. • Publius Octavius, a noted epicurean during the reign of Tiberius. • Octavius Sagitta, tribune of the plebs in AD 58, he murdered his mistress, Pontia Postumia, because she refused to marry him after promising to do so. He was condemned and exiled to an island, but returned to Rome following the death of
Nero. In AD 70 the senate again condemned him and reinstated his punishment. •
Decimus Octavius Quartio, a citizen of
Pompeii, whose house was discovered amongst the ruins. • Manius Octavius T. f. Novatus,
praefectus fabrum at
Segobriga in
Hispania Citerior, was the father of Manius Octavius Novatus, a Roman senator of the Flavian period. • Manius Octavius M'. f. T. n. Novatus, a senator of the Flavian period, had been
legate of the
Legio VII Claudia, and
proconsul. He was the father of Manius Octavius Maximus and Octavia Novata, mentioned in the same inscription from Segobriga. • Manius Octavius M'. f. M'. n. Maximus, son of the senator Manius Octavius Novatus, and brother of Octavia Novata, named in the same inscription from Segobriga. •
Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus, consul
suffectus in AD 86. • Octavius Rufus, a friend of
the younger Pliny. • Gaius Octavius Vindex, consul
suffectus in AD 184. •
Gaius Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus, senator, twice consul in AD 214 and 240. • Octavius Horatianus, a name sometimes assigned to the author of the
Rerum Medicarum Libri Quatuor, usually attributed to the physician
Theodorus Priscianus, who lived at
Constantinople during the 4th century. ==See also==