Octavius (disambiguation)

For the personal name, see Octavius (praenomen).

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.

Romans

Persons with the praenomen Octavius

• Octavius Mamilius, Dictator of Tusculum in the time of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last King of Rome

Prominent members of the gens Octavia

Main article: Octavia (gens)

• Gaius Octavius (disambiguation)
• Gnaeus Octavius (disambiguation)
• Marcus Octavius (disambiguation)
• Lucius Octavius (disambiguation)
• Marcus Octavius, tribunus plebis in 133 B.C., a colleague and opponent of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
• Gnaeus Octavius, consul in 87 B.C., he was slain by the partisans of Marius and Cinna.
• Gnaeus Octavius (consul 76 BC)
• Lucius Octavius, consul in 75 B.C.
• Gaius Octavius, praetor in 61 B.C., and father of Augustus
• Gaius Octavius (63 BC – AD 14), the emperor Augustus

Other persons and things named Octavius

Many of these were named after Augustus and his family.

• Octavius, a dialogue written by Marcus Minucius Felix
• Octavius, a legendary king of the Britons
• Prince Octavius of Great Britain, a younger son of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte, who did not survive infancy
• Henry Octavius Coxe, 19th-century librarian and researcher
• James Octavius Machell 19th-century horse racing expert
• Octavius, a ghost ship
• Octavius Oakley, a Victorian watercolourist
• Doctor Otto Octavius, better known as Doctor Octopus, a villain of the Spider-Man franchise
• Octavious (​¹⁄₈ Congius) i.e. ​¹⁄₈ gallon; and the reason "O." is a symbol for pint in the apothecaries' system.

See also

• Octavian (disambiguation)