Marcus Octavius

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Marcus Octavius (flourished 2nd century BC) was a Roman tribune and the closest friend of Tiberius Gracchus. A serious and discreet person, he earned himself a reputation as an influential orator. At the behest of the Roman senate, Octavius vetoed Gracchus' programme of land reform. Gracchus responded by having the Plebeian Assembly deprive him of his office and eject him from the Assembly's meeting place. Our primary source for him is Plutarch's life of Gracchus. According to Plutarch, he was an ancestor of Roman Emperor Augustus.