Gaius Furnius (consul)

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

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

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 29 BC.^[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]

See also

• Furnia (gens)

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. Vol. 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