Octavena gens

The gens Octavena was an obscure plebeian family at Rome. The gens is known primarily from a single individual, the jurist Octavenus, cited by a number of later authorities, although several other Octaveni are known from inscriptions.

Members

 * Octavenus, a jurist, who probably lived in the mid-first century AD. He is cited by a number of authorities, including Valens, Pomponius, Paulus, and Ulpian.
 * Titus Octavenus Gratus, a freedman and manufacturer of roof tiles dating to AD 123, found at several towns in Italy.
 * Quintus Octavenus Hymnus, named in an inscription from Hispania Citerior.
 * Octavena Pia, named in an inscription from Ostia.
 * Octavenus Pius, named in an inscription from Ostia.
 * Caninia Octavena, buried at Cirta in Numidia, aged twenty-seven years, three months.