Gnaeus Octavius
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Gnaeus Octavius was consul of the Roman Republic in 87 BC. His father was an elder Gnaeus Octavius who was consul in 128 BC. He quarrelled with his colleague, Lucius Cornelius Cinna, and drove him out of Rome. He was subsequently killed when Cinna marched on Rome with Gaius Marius. Plutarch, who discusses him in his lives of Marius and Sulla, describes his character as "reputable". He held to strict principles in his politics, and his peers had a low opinion of his military generalship. Plutarch identifies him as an ancestor of Roman Emperor Augustus.
| Preceded by Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Quintus Pompeius Rufus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Lucius Cornelius Cinna 87 BCE |
Succeeded by Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Gaius Marius (Suffect: Lucius Valerius Flaccus) |
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