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Gaius Octavius
(d. 58 BCE)
BIRTH
c. 100 BCE
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
58 BCE
PLACE
Nola, Roman Republic
FAMILY
WIFE
Atia
(c. 85 BCE–43 BCE)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Gaius Octavius was the father of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. A Roman senator, he had an older daughter by a previous wife before marrying Atia.
EARLY LIFE
Suetonius describes him as the first member of his branch of the Octavii to enter the Roman Senate.
CAREER
DEATH
Gaius Octavius, the father of the future emperor Augustus, died suddenly at Nola while returning from his governorship of Macedonia, before he could stand for the consulship. Suetonius reports the sudden death but gives no medical explanation.
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