Furnia gens

The gens Furnia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The Furnian gens was of great antiquity, dating to the first century of the Republic; Gaius Furnius was tribune of the plebs in 445 BC. However, no member of the family achieved prominence again for nearly four hundred years.

Members

 * Gaius Furnius, tribune of the plebs in 445 BC. He opposed the rogation of that year, which would have opened the consulship to the plebeians.  His name occurs only in Dionysius; Livy describes the proposal, but does not mention Furnius.
 * Gaius Furnius, tribune of the plebs in 50 BC, was a friend of Cicero, with whom he frequently corresponded. He opposed the demand of the oligarchic party at Rome that Caesar should immediately resign as proconsul of Gaul.  After Caesar's murder, Furnius espoused the side of Marcus Antonius, but after the Battle of Actium he was reconciled to Octavian through the exertions of his son.  Furnius was consul designatus in 29 BC.
 * Gaius Furnius C. f., successfully reconciled his father to Octavian following the Battle of Actium. He was consul in 17 BC.
 * Furnius, put to death in AD 26, during the reign of Tiberius, for committing adultery with Claudia Pulchra. It seems unlikely that he was the same person as the consul.