*Octavia the Elder
born about 0064 BC
died about 0011 BC
father:
*Caius
Octavius IV Senator-Praetor & Governor of Macedonia
died in 0059 BC
mother:
*Atia
Balbus
died in 0043 BC
siblings:
Caius Augustus Octavius
(Octavian) Caesar (Augustus Caesar of the Bible)
spouse (2nd):
*Marcus
Antonius III (Mark Antony) Triumvirate
born 0083 BC
died 0030 BC Egypt
children:
Antonia
the Elder
*Annatonia Minor (Antonia the Younger)
biographical
and/or anecdotal:
Octavia stands out as a virtuous woman in a time when
every restraint was relaxed. No evil deeds about her were ever even hinted by anybody.
After she was abandoned by *Mark Antony, Octavia
bore her rejection silently, lived quietly in Antony's house at Rome, and brought
up faithfully his children by Fulvia and the two daughters that she herself had given
him. Later, Octavia, after the death of Antony and Cleopatra, reared the children
of Antony and Cleopatra as if they were her own.
notes or source:
HBJ