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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.<ref>Attilio Degrassi, ''I fasti consolari dell'Impero Romano dal 30 avanti Cristo al 613 dopo Cristo'' (Rome, 1952), p.&nbsp;4</ref>

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.<ref>Lucius Annaeus Seneca, ''De Beneficiis'' ii. 25.</ref> 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.<ref>Publius Cornelius Tacitus, ''Annales'' iv. 52.</ref>

==See also== * Furnia (gens)

==References== {{reflist}} *{{SmithDGRBM|title=C. Furnius (3)|volume=2|page=191}}

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