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Octavena gens

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The gens Octavena was an obscure plebeian family at Rome. The gens is known primarily from a single individual, the jurist Octavenus, cited by a number of later authorities, although several other Octaveni are known from inscriptions.[1]

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  • Octavenus, a jurist, who probably lived in the mid-first century AD. He is cited by a number of authorities, including Valens, Pomponius, Paulus, and Ulpian.[2][1][3]
  • Titus Octavenus Gratus, a freedman and manufacturer of roof tiles dating to AD 123, found at several towns in Italy.[4]
  • Quintus Octavenus Hymnus, named in an inscription from Hispania Citerior.[5]
  • Octavena Pia, named in an inscription from Ostia.[6]
  • Octavenus Pius, named in an inscription from Ostia.[7]
  • Caninia Octavena, buried at Cirta in Numidia, aged twenty-seven years, three months.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 3 ("Octavenus").
  2. ^ Digesta, 2 tit. 1. s. 9; 5 tit. 3. s. 16, 18; 36 tit. 1. s. 67; 40 tit. 5. s. 20.
  3. ^ PIR, vol. II, p. 424.
  4. ^ CIL XV, 464,1, CIL XV, 464,2, CIL XV, 464,3, CIL XV, 464,4, CIL XV, 464,5.
  5. ^ CIL II, 6259,13.
  6. ^ Bloch, No. 349.
  7. ^ Bloch, No. 350.
  8. ^ CIL VIII, 7271.

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