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Octavia Minor (circa 69 BCE to 11 BCE) was a Roman noblewoman who rose to prominence during the early years of the Roman Empire. The sister of Emperor Augustus (reign 27 BCE to 14 CE...

Cast of a portrait of Octavia Minor, photograph by G.dallorto, 30 March 2008. Museum of the Ara Pacis, Rome.

Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia, oil on canvas painting by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787. The Roman poet Virgil reads the Aeneid to Augustus and his sister Octavia Minor. Octavia is...

Roman coin depicting Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, c. 39 BCE.

Marble bust of a Roman woman, possibly Octavia Minor, sister of Augustus, 20-10 BCE. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Poppaea Sabina (30-65 CE) was the wife of Praetorian prefect Rufrius Crispinius and then Marcus Salvius Otho (r. 69 CE) before she became the second wife of Roman emperor Nero (r. 54-68 CE). Considered by ancient sources both attractive...

The remains of the Roman temple attributed to Octavia - sister of Augustus (1st century BCE) and described by Pausanias as containing a statue of Octavia, who, seated on a throne inside the temple acted as a symbol of...

The Portico of Octavia in the Circus Flaminius, part of the southern Campus Martius, was the monumental entrance to a complex with two temples - Jupiter and Juno- surrounded by porticoes. The first on the spot...

Poppaea Sabina and Nero Have the Head of Octavia Brought Forward to Them, oil on canvas by Giovanni Muzzioli, 1876. Civic Museum of Modena.

Cleopatra Selene II (40 - c. 5 BCE) was a member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty who became the queen of Mauretania upon her marriage to King Juba II of Numidia (48 BCE - 23 CE). Though more obscure than her famous mother, Cleopatra...