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Gaius Octavius

Father of the first Emperor Augustus

🏛️ Career

  1. 73 BCE
    (aged 27)
    Quaestor

    MT: No further comments in MRR2

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 199-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.75b. See below, on his colleague Toranius
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 1.250, final 1.250): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (3 years; raw 5.00, base 1.250, final 1.250): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor) , 61 BCE (Consul)

    C. Toranius (2 years; raw 4.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Aedile)

    A. Gabinius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 61 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 64 BCE
    (aged 36)
    Aedile ·plebis

    Broughton: The date of these aedileships is not securely attested, but since Octavius held the praetorship in 61, this is a probable year

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 1.250, final 1.250): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (3 years; raw 5.00, base 1.250, final 1.250): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor) , 61 BCE (Consul)

    C. Toranius (2 years; raw 4.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Aedile)

    A. Gabinius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 61 BCE (Praetor)

  3. 61 BCE
    (aged 39)
    Praetor

    MT: No further comments in MRR2

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 199-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.75b-ILS 47; Cic. QF 1.1.21; Vell. 2.59.1-2. See 60-58, Promagistrates.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (2 years; raw 5.00, base 1.250, final 1.250): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (3 years; raw 5.00, base 1.250, final 1.250): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor) , 61 BCE (Consul)

    C. Toranius (2 years; raw 4.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Aedile)

    A. Gabinius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 61 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Children
    Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius (cos. 33)