What was political office did Gaius Silius hold and was considered the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic?
Gaius Silius Gaius Silius (died AD 24) was a Roman senator who achieved successes as a general over German barbarians following the disaster of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. He had been appointed consul in AD 13. However, Silius became entangled in the aftermath of Sejanus' fall and was forced to commit suicide.
Furia (gens) The gens Furia, originally written Fusia, was one of the most ancient and noble patrician houses at Rome. Its members held the highest offices of the state throughout the period of the Roman Republic. The first of the Furii to attain the consulship was Sextus Furius Medullinus in 488 BC.