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

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. 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.

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.

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