Octavia

Roman noblewoman, sister of Octavian, later the Roman emperor Augustus. She agreed to marry Mark Antony 40 BC in order to reconcile him and her brother. Antony rejected her for Cleopatra, and they were divorced in the final breach between the two leaders 32 BC.

Octavia (AD 40–62)

Roman noblewoman, daughter of the Roman emperor Claudius and Messalina. She married Nero AD 53 but was divorced by him and placed under house arrest in AD 62. She was subsequently banished to the island of Pandateria where she was executed on a false charge of treason.

Her story forms the subject of the only surviving Latin play on a contemporary subject, Octavia, which is often attributed to Seneca.