Octavius

Octāvĭus, i, m.; Octāvĭa, ae, f.,

• the name of a Roman gens, Suet. Aug. 1 sq.; cf. Drumann, History of Rome, vol. iv. p. 218 sq.
• • • 1 C. Octavius, the father of the emperor Augustus, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 12; id. Phil. 3, 6, 15.—
    • 2 Cn. Octavius, the first consul of this gens, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138.—
    • 3 M. Octavius Caecina, a tribune of the people, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 106.—
    • 4 Rarely of the emperor Augustus, Juv. 8, 242.—
    • 5 In the fem., Octavia, the name of the two sisters of the emperor Augustus, Suet. Aug. 4; 63; Tac. A. 4, 44.—
    • 6 Octavia was also the name of the daughter of the emperor Claudius and Messalina, Suet. Claud. 27; id. Ner. 7.—
    • 7 Octaviae Porticus, two halls in Rome, Vell. 1, 11; 2, 1; Suet. Aug. 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—Hence,
• II Octāvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to an Octavius, Octavian: Octaviano bello, i. e. in the war of the consul Cn. Octavius with Cinna, Cic. Div. 1, 2, 4: milites, of M. Octavius, who fought for Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—Esp., subst.: Octāvĭānus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Augustus, who was adopted out of the gens Octavia into the gens Julia, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; Tac. A. 13, 6; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 79, 1; id. Caes. 1, 2.

Octāvius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten der spätere Kaiser Augustus. – Adi. oktavisch, gens, Suet. – Dav. Octāviānus, a, um, oktavianisch, Caes.: bellum, des Cn. Oktavius mit Cinna, Cic. – bes. subst., Octāviānus, Beiname des aus der gens Octavia in die gens Iulia adoptierten späteren Kaisers Augustus, Cic. u.a.

Octāvĭus, (9) ĭī, m. , nom dʼune famille romaine : Cic. Phil. 3, 15 ; Off. 1, 138 ; Nat. 1, 106 || not^t , Octave [plus tard lʼempereur Auguste] : Juv. 8, 242 || -vĭus, a, um, dʼOctave : Suet. Aug. 29 || -vĭānus, a, um, Octavien, dʼOctavius : Cic. Div. 1, 4 ; Cæs. C. 3, 9 || Octāvĭānus, ī, m. , surnom donné (après passage par adoption de la gens Octavia dans la gens Julia ) à celui qui sera lʼempereur Auguste : Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 6.

Octavius

(1) Nepos, Cn., Roman praetor B.C. 168, and appointed to the command of the fleet against Perseus. He pursued this monarch, after his defeat by Aemilius Paulus, to the island of Samothrace, and there obtained his surrender. For this he was rewarded with a naval triumph. In B.C. 165 he was consul with M. Torquatus. Having been sent, three years after this, into Syria, at the head of a deputation to act as guardians to the young king, Antiochus Eupator, he was assassinated by order, as was supposed, of Lysias, a relative of the previous monarch, who claimed the regency during the minority of Antiochus. The arrogant and haughty conduct of Octavius appears to have hastened his fate. The Senate, however, erected a statue to his memory.

(2) Cn., was consul B.C. 87, along with Cinna. Being himself attached to the party of Sulla , and having the support of the Senate, he drove his colleague out of the city. Marius, however, having returned this same year and re-entered Rome with Cinna , Octavius was put to death.

(3) Gaius, the father of Augustus, was praetor B.C. 61, and distinguished himself by the correctness and justice of his decisions. After his praetorship he was appointed governor of Macedonia, and defeated the Ressi and other Thracian tribes, for which he received from his soldiers the title of Imperator. He died at Nola, on his return from his province. Octavius married Atia, the sister of Iulius Caesar, and had by this union Octavius (afterwards Augustus) and Octavia, the wife of Antonius.

(4) The name of the emperor Augustus before his adoption by Iulius Caesar. See Augustus.