Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

OCTA1873 Cn. Octavius (20) Cn. f. Cn. n.

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Tusc. 5.19.55, Schol. Bob. Arch. 177 Stangl

Life Dates

  • 130?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R129.

  • 87, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    Murdered.

Relationships

son of
? Cn. Octavius (18) Cn. f. Cn. n. (cos. 128) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
? M. Octavius (32) Cn. f. (tr. pl. between 99 and 87) (DPRR Team)
father of
? L. Octavius (26) Cn. f. Cn. n. (cos. 75) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Repulsa (Aed.) 95 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Praetor before 89 In the east (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 4 The latest date possible under the Leges Annales. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Commanded an eastern province with the title of # (I. de Delos 4.1.1782; cf. BCH 44 [1920] 303). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 744, footnote 200 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 87 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Cic. Har. Resp. 54; Tusc. 5.55; Phil. 13.2; 14.23; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f., and Fast. Cap., ibid. 54f., 129f., 482f.; Ascon. 23C; App. BC 1.65-66; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.3; Eutrop. 5.4; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Cinna, Cic. Phil. 11.1; Vell. 2.20.3; and on Octavius, Cic. Planc. 51. Cinna was elected in Sulla's presence and swore to maintain his measures (Plut. Sull. 10.3-4; Dio 30-35, fr. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 128, Or[150] Cn. Octavius Cn. f. Cn. n. (20). Cos. 87. Badian (Studies 104, note 168) notes that the inscription of Delos (I. De Delos 1782; see MRR 2.26) may well refer to the future consul of 128. (Broughton MRR III)

< Back to results