Gaius Octavius
-- lived between 100 and 59 BC
-- Roman politician
-- father of Octavius
-- ancestor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
-- from Velitrae
-- descendant of an old and walthy equestrian branch
-- plebeian family
-- quaestor in 70 BC
-- praetor in 61 BC
-- propraetor in 60 BC
-- began a journey to Rome in 59 BC to be elected as consul
-- died on the way to Rome, in Nola















