Difference between revisions of "Octavia"

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Octavia was the name of three notable women of ancient Rome:

Octavia Major, or Octavia Thurina Major, elder half sister of Octavia Minor
Octavia Minor, or Octavia Thurina Minor, sister of Augustus, younger half sister of Octavia Major and fourth wife of Mark Antony
Claudia Octavia, the daughter of Claudius and first wife of Nero

Other uses of Octavia:

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-'''Octavia''' was the sister of [[Octavian]], who went on to become the first emperor of [[Rome]].
+'''Octavia''' was the name of three notable women of ancient Rome:
+*[[Octavia Major]], or Octavia Thurina Major, elder half sister of [[Octavia Minor]]
+*[[Octavia Minor]], or Octavia Thurina Minor, sister of [[Augustus]], younger half sister of [[Octavia Major]] and fourth wife of [[Mark Antony]]
+*[[Claudia Octavia]], the daughter of [[Claudius]] and first wife of [[Nero]]
-As part of a political alliance between Octavian and [[Mark Antony]], she became Antony's 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.  Octavia had two daughters with Antony, [[Antonia Major]], who was grandmother to Emperor [[Nero]], and [[Antonia Minor]], who was the mother of [[Claudius]], the fourth Emperor of Rome.
+Other uses of '''Octavia''':
+*[[Octavia (opera)]], by Reinhard Keiser
-[[Category:Romans]][[category:Women]]