Gnaeus Octavius Rufus
Gnaeus Octavius Rufus was a 3rd century BC Roman politician. Chr.
As the first of his family, the plebeian gens Octavia , he received an office in the cursus honorum . He was, probably around 230 BC. BC (perhaps as early as 254 BC), quaestor .
His son Gnaeus Octavius , who lived in 205 BC. He was praetor , founded a branch of the family that provided numerous consuls in the 2nd and 1st centuries . Another son, Gaius Octavius ( military tribune 205 BC), was the great-great-grandfather of the future emperor Augustus .
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SURNAME | Octavius Rufus, Gnaeus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rufus, Gnaeus Octavius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician, quaestor probably 230 BC Chr. |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |