Plutarch's Lives

Octavius

Family: Roman · Role: consul · First appears: Caius Marius

Life events

  • Marius entered Rome with armed slaves and began a massacre of citizens and political opponents.(Caius Marius · 📍 Rome)
    • With: Caius Marius Ancharius
    • “he came into the city with a select guard of the slaves who had joined him, whom he called Bardyaei. These proceeded to murder a number of citizens, as he gave command, partly by word of mouth, partly by the signal of his nod.”

Caius Marius

  • enemies with Cinna “the consuls, from factious opposition, were fallen to downright fighting, wherein Octavius prevailing, drove Cinna out of the city”
  • enemies with Caius Marius “he said that he would not give slaves the privilege of the country from which he then, in defense of the laws, was driving away Marius.”

Crassus

  • with Marcus Crassus (interaction) “Then came Octavius, his lieutenant, and Cassius, to comfort him”
  • with Marcus Crassus (interaction) “Then came Octavius, his lieutenant, and Cassius, to comfort him”

Cicero

  • child: young Caesar “whose father was a man of no great eminence, Octavius”

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