Gnaeus Octavius ​​Rufus

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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.