Octavia the Younger was the elder sister of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, the half-sister of Octavia the Elder, and the fourth wife of Mark Antony. She was also the great-grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, maternal grandmother of the Emperor Claudius, and paternal great-grandmother and maternal great-great-grandmother of the Emperor Nero.
Octavia the Younger
Mark Antony and Octavia
Virgil reading Aeneid, Book VI, to Augustus and Octavia, by Taillasson
Today's appearance of the Porticus Octaviae.
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the founder of the Roman Empire. He reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult, as well as an era of imperial peace in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The Principate system of government was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.
Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century
The Death of Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini. On 15 March 44 BC, Octavian's adoptive father Julius Caesar was assassinated by a conspiracy led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome.
A bust of Augustus as a younger Octavian, dated c. 30 BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome
Aureus bearing the portraits of Mark Antony (left) and Octavian (right), issued in 41 BC to celebrate the establishment of the Second Triumvirate. Both sides bear the inscription "III vir rpc", meaning "One of Three Men for the regulation of the Republic". Caption: m ant imp aug IIIvir rpc m barbat q p / caesar imp pont IIIvir rpc.