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 that led to war and eventually to Octavian becoming the first Roman Emperor as Augustus. Octavia had a daughter with Antony, [[Antonia]], who was the mother of [[Claudius]], the fourth Emperor of Rome. | 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 that led to war and eventually to Octavian becoming the first Roman Emperor as Augustus. Octavia had a daughter with Antony, [[Antonia]], who was the mother of [[Claudius]], the fourth Emperor of Rome. |