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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 993 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OCTAVIA , the name of two princesses of the Augustan See also:

house. (1) Octavia, daughter of See also:Gaius Octavius and See also:sister of the See also:emperor See also:Augustus, was the wife of Gaius See also:Marcellus, one of the bitterest enemies of See also:Julius See also:Caesar. In 41 B.C. her See also:husband died, and she was married to See also:Marcus See also:Antonius, with the See also:idea of bringing about a reconciliation between him and her See also:brother. Her efforts were at first successful, but in 36 Antony See also:left for the See also:Parthian See also:War and renewed his intrigue with See also:Cleopatra. Though Octavia took out troops and See also:money to him (35), he refused to see her and formally divorced her in 32, but she always protected his See also:children, even those by Fulvia and Cleopatra. Her beauty and virtues are praised by all See also:ancient authorities. By her first husband she was the See also:mother of Marcus Marcellus (q.v.), who died in 23 B.C. (2) OCTAVIA, daughter of the emperor See also:Claudius, was the wife of See also:Nero, by whom she was put to See also:death. A Latin tragedy on her See also:fate is attributed, though wrongly, to See also:Seneca.

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