Marcus Octavius ​​(Tribune of the People)

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Marcus Octavius was a late Republic Roman politician .

Octavius ​​was the son of Gnaeus Octavius, probably the consul of 128 BC. BC , and thus the brother of the consul from 87 BC. BC, who was also called Gnaeus Octavius . His name is connected to a grain law, which he introduced as a tribune in an unknown year and which changed an earlier law of Gaius Gracchus . The dating of the tribunal year is controversial in research. It is often used in the last two decades of the 2nd century BC. BC, but more recent opinions date it between 99 and 87 BC. Chr.

His son Gnaeus Octavius was born in 76 BC. Chr. Consul.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Cicero , De officiis 2, 72.
  2. ↑ James G. Schovánek: The Date of M. Octavius ​​and his Lex Frumentaria . In: Historia . tape 21 , 1972, p. 235-243 . .
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SURNAME Octavius, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician and tribune
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH between 120 BC BC and 87 BC Chr.