Gnaeus Octavius (cos. 87) edit

Career

1. 90 BCE
   Praetor edit

   The latest date possible under the Leges Annales. Commanded an eastern province with the title of # (a).

2. 87 BCE
   Consul edit

   Cinna was elected in Sulla's presence and swore to maintain his measures (a), but in office soon attempted to carry a bill to enroll the new citizens and the freedmen in all the tribes (b), and one to recall Marius and the other exiles (c). He was expelled from Rome by his colleague Octavius, and L. Cornelius Merula (see below) was elected in his place. He won the support of the army of Ap. Claudius at Nola, was soon joined by Marius and his partisans, and succeeded in overpowering his colleague, who suffered for his own slowness and lack of co-operation with other leaders (see below, Promagistrates), and occupied Rome (d). The Consul Octavius was killed in office (e), and a reign of terror followed in which many senatorial opponents of Cinna and Marius were murdered (see above; f). The victors repealed the laws of Sulla (g), and reenacted the laws of Sulpicius (h).

Family