HUMA 2105 Chapter Notes -Manumission, Via Flaminia, Sestertius
Document Summary
Velitraean records show that offerings to mars were changed after one octavius offered only half-burned intestines, rushing off to defend velitrae. King tarquinius priscus admitted the ocatvii, to the roman senate: servius tullius awarded them patrician privileges, later reverted to plebeian, until. Augustus"s grandfather lived to an advanced age, from income. Augustus"s great-grandfather fought as a military tribune in the second punic war. Gaius rufus, first octavius elected to office by popular vote. Lineage split into two branches, decedents of gnaeus and gaus (remained qeuites until entry into the senate of augustus" father. These records not derived from augustus" own memoirs. Mark antony claimed this was false; augustus" great-grandfather had only been a freeman, rope maker, while his grandfather, a money-changer. Gaius octavius" father was rich enough to achieve office without engaging in bribes. Letters from cicero survive, making octavius a model in all diplomatic dealings with allies. Gaius died suddenly on return to rome, preventing candidacy for consulship.
