Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

OCTA1754 Cn. Octavius (21, 82) Q. f. Ruso

Career

  • Quaestor 105 Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Brought money for Marius' army in Africa, and returned to Rome with the envoys of Bocchus of Mauretania (Sall. Iug. 104.3). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 90 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 2 The Cn. Octavius Cn. f. who appears second in the list of members of the consilium of Cn. Pompeius Strabo at Asculum in 89, just after the name of L. Gellius, Pr. 94, was probably an ex-Praetor at that time and may be identified with the Octavius Ruso who held the quaestorship in 105. (Broughton MRR II)
    • CIL 1(2).2.709-ILS 8888. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 744, footnote 195 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 89 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 25 Cichorius (RS 140) suggests that since Q. was not a regular praenomen among the more distinguished branch of the Oetavii, he was Ruso, Quaestor in 105. (Broughton MRR II)
    • ILS 8888, in second place on Pompeius Strabo's staff. (Broughton MRR II)

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