Gaius Furnius

Gaius Furnius was a Roman senator during the reign of Augustus, and consul in 17 BC with Gaius Junius Silanus as his colleague.[1]

For other persons with this name, see Furnia (gens).

He was the son of Gaius Furnius, who had been a staunch adherent of Marcus Antonius until 31 BC. The younger Furnius successfully reconciled his father and Octavian, and the elder Furnius became consul designatus in BC 29.[2] Tacitus reported that a certain Furnius was put to death in the reign of Tiberius, AD 26, for adultery with Claudia Pulchra, but it is doubtful whether he was the same person.[3]

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References
  1. Attilio Degrassi, I fasti consolari dell'Impero Romano dal 30 avanti Cristo al 613 dopo Cristo (Rome, 1952), p. 4
  2. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, De Beneficiis ii. 25.
  3. Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales iv. 52.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "C. Furnius (3)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. p. 191.
Political offices
Preceded by
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus,
and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus		 Consul of the Roman Empire
17 BC
with Gaius Junius Silanus		 Succeeded by
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus,
and Publius Cornelius Scipio
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