Lucius Octavius (name)

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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;
• , tribune of the Plebs in 82 BC with his brother, Marcus Octavius Ligur;
• , legate of Pompey during the war against the pirates in 67 BC;
• , benefactor of Lucius Flavius, praetor designatus in 59 BC;
• , eminent legal scholar and judex in the time of Cicero;
• Lucius Octavius, detected in adultery by Gaius Memmius, and punished by him.

See also[]

• Gaius Octavius (disambiguation)
• Gnaeus Octavius (disambiguation)
• Marcus Octavius (disambiguation)