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Lucius Octavius (name)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 3, 2024
Entity authorityQ11934131 ↗
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Lucius Octavius was a name used for men among the gens Octavia. Lucius was one of the four chief praenomina used by the Octavii, the other three being Gaius, Gnaeus and Marcus.

Lucius Octavius refers to men from several families of the gens Octavia:

Lucius Octavius (Rufus), consul in 75 BC, son of Gnaeus Octavius the consul in 87 BC, frequently confounded with the jurist Lucius Octavius Balbus;

Lucius Octavius Ligur, tribune of the Plebs in 82 BC with his brother, Marcus Octavius Ligur;

Lucius Octavius, legate of Pompey during the war against the pirates in 67 BC;

Lucius Octavius Naso, benefactor of Lucius Flavius, praetor designatus in 59 BC;

Lucius Octavius Balbus, eminent legal scholar and judex in the time of Cicero;

Lucius Octavius, detected in adultery by Gaius Memmius, and punished by him.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 135-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Lucius, Octavius and name.
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