Gaius Furnius, son of Gaius Furnius

Gaius Furnius (Tribune)

Gaius Furnius was tribune of the plebs in 50 BCE , and a friend and correspondent of Cicero....

, was first consul

Roman consul

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 of the Roman Empire

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 from 17 BCE-16 BCE.

He reconciled Augustus

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 to his father who had been up to 31 BCE a staunch adherent of Marcus Antonius. (Senec.

Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...

 Benefic. ii. 25.) Although there is some suggestion that he is the Furnius put to death by the senate

Roman Senate

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 in the reign of Tiberius

Tiberius

Tiberius , was Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Tiberius was by birth a Claudian, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. His mother divorced Nero and married Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian...

, in 26 CE, for adultery with Claudia Pulchra

Claudia Pulchra

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, (Tac.

Tacitus

Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors...

Ann. iv. 52), doubt remains.