person
Marcus Octavius
M. Octavius (Gracchus's colleague)
also: M. Octavius, Marcus Octavius
Tribune of the plebs (133 BC) who, when wronged, broke Tiberius Gracchus by his patience; a citizen of the utmost steadfastness. Cicero (Brutus 95) names him among the orators of the period.
Reading notes
- On Duties §2.72 Marcus Octavius
Marcus Octavius, who modified Gaius Gracchus's grain law to a level the state could bear; Cicero praises it as salutary for both people and treasury.