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As part of a political alliance between Octavian and [[Mark Antony]], she became Antony's wife in 40 B.C. after the death of his third wife.  His open abandonment of her when he went to live in [[Egypt]] with [[Cleopatra]] and 'married' her, led to an ever growing rift between Octavian and Antony. This led to war between the two and resulted in Octavian becoming the first Roman Emperor as Augustus a decade later.  Octavia had two daughters with Antony, both named Antonia.  While the younger Antonia went on to have much written about her in Roman history and is the person referred to by the Roman writers when they mentioned Antonia, her older sister is known only as the grandmother of [[Nero]], the fifth Emperor of Rome.  [[Claudius]], the fourth Emperor of Rome, was from the line of the younger Antonia.  Neither woman saw their descendants rule.

As part of a political alliance between Octavian and [[Mark Antony]], she became Antony's wife in 40 B.C. after the death of his third wife.  His open abandonment of her when he went to live in [[Egypt]] with [[Cleopatra]] and 'married' her, led to an ever growing rift between Octavian and Antony. This led to war between the two and resulted in Octavian becoming the first Roman Emperor as Augustus a decade later.  Octavia had two daughters with Antony, both named Antonia.  While the younger Antonia went on to have much written about her in Roman history and is the person referred to by the Roman writers when they mentioned Antonia, her older sister is known only as the grandmother of [[Nero]], the fifth Emperor of Rome.  [[Claudius]], the fourth Emperor of Rome, was from the line of the younger Antonia.  Neither woman saw their descendants rule.

    

    

[[Category:Romans]][[category:Women]]

[[Category:Romans]][[Category:Women]]