Gnaeus Octavius

Gnaeus Octavius ​​(† 87 BC in Rome ) was a Roman politician of the late Republic.

Octavius ​​was the son and grandson of the two eponymous consuls of 128 BC and 165 BC Lucius Octavius ​​, the BC was 75 consul, was probably his son.

100 BC Gnaeus Octavius ​​was active against Lucius Saturninus Appuleius. About 90 BC he was praetor, 87 BC he was consul. His co-consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna held in contrast to Octavius ​​not to the regulations, which Sulla had taken before his departure from Rome, and fled from Rome, when it came to battle. As Cinna forcibly returned with the support of Gaius Marius, it was not possible Octavius ​​to raise military forces against him (the one with his army against Rome and lying nominally standing on his side proconsul Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo behaved waiting ). He was killed by surprise and at the direction of Gaius Marcius Censorinus.

• Man
• Consul ( Roman Republic )
• Born in the 2nd century BC
• Died 87 BC
• Octavier