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Octavia
Octavia was the name of two women of the imperial family of ancient Rome: The elder was the sister of Augustus Caesar and wife of Mark Antony. The younger was her great-great-grandaughter, the daughter of Claudius and wife of Nero.
Octavia ( 69 - 11 BC.) was the sister of Augustus Caesar and wife of Gaius Claudius Marcellus, consul of 50 BC (three children), then of Mark Antony (two daughters).
Octavia's first daughter by Marcellus married Agrippa. Octavia's second daughter by Marcellus had married two consuls. Their son married Julia Caesaris, Augustus Caesar's daughter. Her daughter Antonia Minor was the mother of Germanicus, Livilla
and the Emperor Claudius. The other daughter Antonia Major was the mother Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Domitia Lepida, thus becoming grandmother of both Nero and Messalina.
When Antony announced he was married to Cleopatra VII of Egypt and that her son Caesarion was the legitimate heir of Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar therefore a usurper, Augustus ordered his sister to leave Antony's house and return to his. Octavia was a remarkable woman who reared several of Antony's children by his other wives.
Octavia (d. 62 A.D.) was the daughter of Claudius and Messalina and the first wife of her step-brother Nero. As empress, Octavia was greatly admired and loved by the people of Rome, sparking great jealousy in Nero's ambitious mistress Poppaea Sabina. She persuaded Nero to divorce his wife on trumped up charges of adultery, and Octavia was sent into exile. This paved the way for Poppaea to become Empress instead. The appalled populace of Rome rioted at the news and paraded through the streets with statues of Octavia decked with flowers and calling for her return. A badly frightened Nero nearly agreed, but Poppaea intervened and forced him instead to sign Octavia's death warrant. According to Suetonius Octavia did not die easily. After several unsuccessful attempts, she was finally suffocated in a steam bath. Her head was cut off and taken back for Poppaea's viewing.
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