person
Gaius Octavius
C. Octavius
also: C. Octavius, Gaius Octavius
Praetor 61 BC and governor of Macedonia (60 BC), praised by Cicero as a model of a mild yet severe provincial judge; father of the future emperor Augustus.
Reading notes
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 1.1 §21 Gaius Octavius
C. Octavius, praetor 61 and governor of Macedonia (60 BC), is held up as the model of a judge whose mildness was made possible by underlying severity; he was the father of the future emperor Augustus.