Lucius Octavius (c. 116 – 74 BC) was a Roman politician who was electedconsul in 75 BC.

A member of theplebeiangens Octavia, and the son ofGnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC), Lucius Octavius was electedpraetor by 78 BC at the latest. He is suspected by the historianThomas Robert Shannon Broughton to have been the author of theFormula Octaviana, a law which provided for the restoration of property and money which had been obtained by violent acts, or by threats of violence.^[1]

In 75 BC Lucius Octavius was electedconsul alongsideGaius Aurelius Cotta. During the later stages of his consulate, both Lucius Octavius and his colleague were attacked by crowds along theVia Sacra while they were campaigning on behalf ofQuintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus’ campaign for the praetorship. Both men had to take refuge in Lucius Octavius’ house.^[2]

For hisproconsulargovernorship, Lucius Octavius was allotted the province ofCilicia. He arrived there in early 74 BC, but died very shortly afterwards, just as theThird Mithridatic War was beginning. His replacement as governor was the consulLucius Licinius Lucullus.^[3]

• Octavia (gens)

• Broughton, T. Robert S.,The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol. II (1951)

• 110s BC births
• 74 BC deaths
• 2nd-century BC Romans
• 1st-century BC Roman consuls
• Senators of the Roman Republic
• Roman governors of Cilicia
• Octavii Rufi

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