Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

OCTA2036 L. Octavius (26) Cn. f. Cn. n.

Life Dates

  • 74, death (Broughton MRR II)

Relationships

grandson of
? Cn. Octavius (18) Cn. f. Cn. n. (cos. 128) (Badian 1990)
son of
? Cn. Octavius (20) Cn. f. Cn. n. (cos. 87) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Quaestor before 78 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2) Expand
    • Cos. 75 CIL 1(2).2.832, on the road from Nursia to Spoletium. (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
  • Praetor before 77 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 3 The latest date possible under the Cornelian law. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cic. Verr. 2.3.152, on the Formula Octaviana. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 748 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 75 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.953; Cic. Verr. 2.1.130, and 3.18; Sall. Hist. 2.42M; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 130, 486 f. (L. O[cta]vius Cn. f. Cn. n., C. Aur[el]ius M. f. [- n. C]ot [ta]); Obseq. 60; Chr. 354 (Octavio et Cotta); Cassiod.; and on Cotta, Cic. Pis. 62; Ascon. 66 C. Cotta carried a law permitting Tribunes of the Plebs to attain ocher magistracies (Cic. Corn. in Ascon. 66, and 7SC; Sall. Hist. 2.49M; 3.48.8M; cf. Ps.-Ascon. 255 Stangi). He also concluded a treaty with King Hiempsal of Numidia (Cic. Leg. Agr. 2.58), and carried two laws, one affecting private cases (Cic. Corn. 1.9 and Ascon. 66C), and the other censorial leases (Cic. Verr. 2.3.19, cf. 18 and 130; cf. Ps.-Ascon. 251 Stangl), both abrogated the following year. A shortage in the grain supply occasioned the speech recorded in Sall. Hist. 2.44-48M. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 74 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Cilicia. Died early in the year (Sall. Hist. 2.98 M, at end; Plut. Luc. 6; see above, Consuls, on Lucullus). (Broughton MRR II)

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