Octavius (disambiguation)
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Octavius is a Latin personal name, or praenomen, and also the nomen of the Roman gens Octavia. It may refer to any of various members of that gens.
Persons with the praenomen Octavius
- Octavius MamiliusOctavius MamiliusOctavius Mamilius was princeps of Tusculum, an ancient city of Latium. He was the son-in-law of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of Rome...
, Dictator of Tusculum in the time of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last King of Rome
Prominent members of the gens Octavia
- Marcus OctaviusMarcus OctaviusMarcus Octavius was a Roman tribune and a major rival of Tiberius Gracchus. A serious and discreet person, he earned himself a reputation as an influential orator. Though originally close friends, Octavius became alarmed by Gracchus's populist agenda and, at the behest of the Roman senate,...
, tribunus plebis in 133 B.C., a colleague and opponent of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus - Gnaeus OctaviusGnaeus OctaviusGnaeus Octavius was a senator and later consul of the Roman Republic. His father, also called Gnaeus Octavius, was Consul in 128 BC.His uncle, Marcus Octavius, was a key figure in opposition to the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus in 133 BC...
, consul in 87 B.C., he was slain by the partisans of Marius and Cinna. - Gaius OctaviusGaius OctaviusGaius Octavius was an ancestor to the Roman Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He was the father of the Emperor Augustus, step-grandfather of the Emperor Tiberius, great-great grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, great-grandfather of the Emperor Claudius, and great-great-great grandfather of...
, praetor in 61 B.C., and father of Augustus - Gaius OctaviusAugustusAugustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
(63 BC – AD 14), the emperor Augustus
Other persons and things named Octavius
Many of these were named after Augustus and his family.- OctaviusOctavius (dialogue)Octavius is an early writing in defense of Christianity by Marcus Minucius Felix. It is written in the form of a dialogue between the pagan Caecilius Natalis and the Christian Octavius Januarius, a provincial lawyer, the friend and fellow-student of the author....
, a dialogue written by Marcus Minucius Felix - Octavius, a legendary king of the Britons
- Prince Octavius of Great BritainPrince Octavius of Great BritainThe Prince Octavius was a member of the British Royal Family as the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his brother Prince Alfred, Octavius was inoculated from the smallpox virus. Several days...
, a younger son of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte, who did not survive infancy - Henry Octavius CoxeHenry Octavius CoxeHenry Octavius Coxe was an English librarian and scholar.The eighth son of Rev. Richard Coxe & Susan Smith, he was educated at Westminster School and Worcester College, Oxford...
, 19th-century librarian and researcher - OctaviusOctavius (ship)The Octavius was a ghost ship, probably legendary and not actual. The story goes that the vessel was found west of Greenland by the whaler Herald on October 11, 1775....
, a ghost ship - Octavius OakleyOctavius OakleyOctavius Oakley RWS , was an English watercolour portrait, figure and landscape artist.Oakley worked for a Leeds textile company. He developed into a specialist of portraits in watercolour and was given commissions by the Duke of Devonshire...
, a Victorian watercolourist - Doctor Otto Octavius, better known as Doctor OctopusDoctor OctopusDoctor Octopus is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics since 1963. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of Spider-Man's greatest foes...
, a villain of the Spider-Man franchise