What is Gaius Octavius better known as?
Gaius Octavius (proconsul) family. His grandfather, Gaius Octavius, fought as a military tribune in Sicily during the Second Punic War. His father, Gaius Octavius, was a municipal magistrate who lived to an advanced age. Octavius' first wife was named Ancharia. The two had a child named Octavia Major. It is not known how the marriage ended, although it is possible that Ancharia died during child birth. Octavius later married the niece of Julius Caesar, Atia Balba Caesonia. How they met is not known, although Atia's family on her father's side (the "Atii Balbi") lived close to Velitrae, which was the ancestral home of
Gaius Cilnius Proculus part of the Dacian Wars. A Gaius Cilnius Proculus is known to be governor of Dalmatia during the reign of Trajan, but Werner Eck considers it more likely it was the son of this Proculus, suffect consul in the year 100, who was governor. Gaius Cilnius Proculus Gaius Cilnius Proculus was a Roman senator active during the reign of Domitian. He was suffect consul for the "nundinium" September–December AD 87 with Lucius Neratius Priscus as his colleague. It is unknown how or if Proculus is related to the better-known Gaius Maecenas. He is known only through surviving inscriptions. Proculus was