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  Claudia Octavia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Octavia was an only daughter to Roman Emperor Claudius from his third marriage to his second cousin and Roman Empress Valeria Messalina.
Octavia was caught up between the power struggles between Nero and his mother, as a result of which Nero murdered his mother in March 59.
Octavia was falsely accused and charged by Nero and Poppaea for adultery and was banished and confined on the island of Pandateria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Claudia_Octavia   (651 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR -(Claudia) Octavia
Octavia, properly Claudia Octavia, was the daughter of the emperor Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messallina.
The initial grounds for putting Octavia aside was the charge that she was barren because she had had no children.
Her lonely isolation was the theme of a tragedy (Octavia) written by an unknown playwright not long after the death of Nero.
www.roman-emperors.org /octavia.htm   (1010 words)

  
 Octavia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Octavia was the name of three women, two of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of ancient Rome:
Claudia Octavia, the daughter of Claudius and first wife of Nero
Octavia (play, by Seneca), dramatising Claudia Octavia's messy divorce
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Octavia   (169 words)

  
 Table of Contents and Excerpt, Kleiner and Matheson, I Claudia II
Claudia Pulchra was among these unfortunate associates, and was convicted on charges of adultery and treason, brought against her by Sejanus.
Claudia Parata, for example, a freedwoman, possibly of the emperor Claudius, served as a hairdresser in the imperial household.
The mythical Claudia Quinta was miraculously vindicated, however, by the goddess Cybele, who gave the woman strength to haul a ship bearing the goddess's image up the Tiber to her temple on the Palatine; Claudia Quinta thus became an enduring model in antiquity for the chaste and noble woman.
www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exklei2p.html   (6190 words)

  
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Claudia sank down, as if she were weary, and a slave sprang forward to remove the white outer garment, worn upon the street to cover the costly silk one, and the jewels which she had worn in the amphitheatre.
Claudia was given new life by the prospect of her daughter's marriage to one of the wealthiest men in Rome, a thing which she had tried to bring to pass some months before, but failed because of her husband's opposition.
Claudia lifted out the diadem which the emperor, himself, had caused to be brought to their door by a train of slaves, thus calling attention to their high social standing in the eyes of all the neighbors.
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 Detail Page
Octavia was dignified, intelligent, and attractive; she was held in high regard as a woman of virtue and principle.
So long as Octavia remained Antony's putative wife, she was the visible symbol of the Treaty of Brundisium, and Octavian was constrained in his behavior toward Antony, who remained in the East.
Octavia convinced her brother that Agrippa, his closest military ally and friend, should marry his daughter Julia, who was also Octavia's widowed daughter-in-law.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0333   (1186 words)

  
 Articles - Octavia Minor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Presumably, Octavia continued to live with her husband from the time of their marriage (she would have been about 15 when they married) to her husband´s death when she was about 29.
The role was played by Angela Morant, and should not be confused with Claudia Octavia (referred to as ´Octavia´ also in the show), Claudius´; daughter and wife of the future emperor Nero; she was played by Cheryl Johnson.
Details on Octavia pt 1 "Octavian was much attached to his sister, and she possessed all the charms, accomplishments and virtues likely to fascinate the affections and secure a lasting influence over the mind of a husband.
www.zdiamond.net /articles/Octavia_Minor   (1111 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Nero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
His mother was the namesake of her own mother Agrippina the elder who was granddaughter to Octavia's brother Caesar Augustus and his wife Scribonia through their daughter Julia the Elder and her husband Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
His maternal grandfather Germanicus was himself grandson to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia, adoptive grandson to her second husband Caesar Augustus, nephew and adoptive son of Tiberius, son of Drusus through his wife Antonia Minor (sister to Antonia Major), and brother to Claudius.
In 55, Agrippina attempted to intervene in favor of Octavia and demanded that her son dismiss Acte.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Nero   (5591 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Valeria Messalina (Wife of Claudius)
Their first child, Claudia Octavia (Octavia) was born in early AD 40 at the very latest, for a second child,Tiberius Claudius Germanicus, called Britannicus after his father's conquest of Britain in 43, was born a few weeks into Claudius' reign, which began in January of 41.
Her father was a grandson of Octavia and of Octavia's first husband.
Octavia and Antony had two daughters: Domitia Lepida was the daughter of Antonia Major; Claudius was the son of her younger sister, Antonia Minor.
www.roman-emperors.org /valmess.htm   (1775 words)

  
 Claudia Mayer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center's 3rd annual Victorian Tea to honor volunteers and raise funds for the center is set for May 2, from 3-7 p.m., at Turf Valley Resort and Conference Center.
Enjoying the festivities at the East Meets West fundraiser for the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center are (from l.) Tom Dolan, CEO of The Fretz Corporation, Tina Broccolino event co-chair, Vic Broccolino, President and CEO of Howard County General Hospital, and Debbie Daskaloff, former Executive Director of the Howard Hospital Foundation.
The Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center has launched a new group to support the Center's fully-equipped salon and lending library for cancer survivors and their families and friends.
www.cmcric.org /news/press   (3823 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 98.6.03
On the day that I visited I, Claudia in its inaugural venue at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, the exhibition space was packed with groups whose ages ranged from elementary schoolchildren to senior citizens; in an adjacent room the show's organizers were leading a workshop for high school teachers.
28) describes Octavia as a "major force" in Roman political and social life during the reign of her brother and credits her with "raising armies and waging war;" given what we know from ancient sources such as Appian and Cassius Dio, both statements are grossly exaggerated.
Octavia is thought to have played a role in reconciling Mark Antony and (the then) Octavian at Tarentum earlier in 37 BCE and she is said to have brought troop reinforcements to Antony in the East in 35.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1998/98.6.03.html   (2980 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Octavia: I'll tell you about myself when I damn well feel like it, stop trying to force everything.
Octavia: There are no "buts" about it, just leave me be.
Octavia is SO pretty, but wow, what a...um...curt kinda girl.
tresvanilla.livejournal.com /38736.html   (732 words)

  
 `I, Claudia' hair-raising view of Rome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
He adds that it took curling irons, wax and probably metal gizmos to build the intricate coif that rises to a peak above her forehead and winds into a hefty bun at the back.
I, Claudia features portraits not only of historical figures such as Livia; Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero; and Julia Domna, a major arts patron, but also of freed slave women and working-class women.
The austere styles of Livia and Octavia -- pulled back, with a sort of hair curler-shaped bun at the top of the forehead -- is thought to be a statement against the extravagance of Augustus' political enemy: the elaborately tressed Cleopatra.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/features/97/02/08/i-claudia.0-1.html   (621 words)

  
 Octavia articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
She was the mother of his children, Britannicus and Octavia.
Her reputation for greed and lust was supposedly unknown to her husband until, in Claudius' absence, she publicly married her lover Caius Silius.
He was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and was the son of Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul in AD 32) and of Agrippina the Younger, who was the great-granddaughter of Augustus.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/09475.html   (393 words)

  
 Grounded for Life: Jimmy's Got a Gun Recap - TV.com
Walt, accompanied by Sean, Eddie, Claudia and the kids, is in the crowded waiting area of an emergency room.
Claudia speaks to the admitting nurse in an attempt to get Walt in to see a doctor but she knows the nurse is blowing her off.
Claudia and Sean have given Jimmy a snare drum which he loves until he opens his gift from his grandfather, a BB rifle.
www.tv.com /jimmys-got-a-gun/episode/34070/recap.html   (709 words)

  
 Nero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Nero proceeded to declare the divorce on grounds of infertility, leaving him free to marry Poppaea and wait for her to give birth.
One of the earliest effects of Tigellinus' advancement was the introduction of a series of treason laws; numerous capital sentences were carried out.
Gaius Rubellius Plautus - his mother Claudia Julia was granddaughter to Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina through their son Julius Caesar Drusus.
www.33beat.com /Nero.html   (5129 words)

  
 Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Octavia
Octavia, feigning sadness, prays the populace, who are espousing her cause, not to grieve about her divorce.
Claudia has been banished from the nuptial bed of cruel Nero, and has surrendered the couch, of which the triumphant Poppaea, by this time, is the tenant in possession, whilst the affections we all felt for her, must now be put a stop to.
They are making preparations to restore Claudia (Octavia) to the household of the Divus, the restitution of conjugal rights by her husband and brother, and her legitimate share of the imperial dignity.
www.forumromanum.org /literature/seneca_younger/octavia_e.html   (8225 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wheeler Hardcover - Large Print - Summer In Eclipse Bay (Wheeler Hardcover - Large Print): Books: Jayne Ann ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Octavia, on the other hand, is the niece of the infamous woman who started a feud between Nick's grandfather and another prominent family, the Madisons, years ago.
Octavia runs the local art gallery, but her real reason for being there was to somehow fix the errors of the past created by her aunt, and see the Harte-Madison feud put to rest.
Octavia knows she could not stand having to face either of them, so she stays away from involvement with him.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587246694?v=glance   (2895 words)

  
 Forum Romanum
Claudia Cornelia Puteana, and I will act as her Scriba.
As a magistrate of Nova Roma, I, Claudia Cornelia Puteana (Dorien Klerkx)
I, Claudia Cornelia Puteana (Dorien Klerkx) swear to uphold and defend the
www.novaroma.org /forum/mainlist/2002/2002-01-24.html   (632 words)

  
 hyper-textual ontology: science fiction Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will enable writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start.
It is meant to cement Octavia's legacy by providing the same experience/opportunity that Octavia had to future generations of new writers of color.
Octavia Butler memorial tomorrow at the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
www.firepile.com /robin/archives/cat_science_fiction.html   (8258 words)

  
 Virtual visit to the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields - storia dell'imperatore Claudio
Dissolute and immoral woman, Messalina was repudiated and killed in 49 A.D. After some years, thanks to a decree issued by the senate which allowed the marriage between uncle and nephew, Claudius got married with Agrippina, Caligula's sister.
As he became a member of the Gens Claudia, Lucius Domitio assumed both his grandfather's name Nero, and the one of the adoptive family Claudius.
She also managed to join in marriage her son Nero and her husband's daughter, Octavia.
digilander.libero.it /biasol/english/e_pg02bfr14o.html   (476 words)

  
 Claudia Mayer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Third Annual Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center Membership and Volunteer Recognition Tea is set for Monday, May 2, 2005, from 3-7 p.m.
The Membership and Volunteer Recognition Tea honors two groups of supporters: members of The Friends of Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center who have donated $1,000 and up, and the salon owners who have regularly donated services to the Center since it opened in 1998.
Celebration: One of the Friends of the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center, Mary Esmond, and her husband, Don, raised $12,500 for the CMCRIC through a private fundraiser to celebrate Mary’s 13th year anniversary as a breast cancer survivor and to honor her neighbor, Stephanie Dietz, who recently completed treatment for the disease.
www.cmcric.org /news/news/march_2005.html   (1429 words)

  
 Vives/The Instruction of A Christen Woman. Name Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Intelligent and moral, she was the younger daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia; she married the military leader Nero Claudius Drusus in 16, gave birth to the future Emperor Claudius, and was widowed in 9 b.c.e.
Roman emperor (54-68) and son of Agrippina Minor, who persuaded her husband, Claudius, to name him as his successor; Nero divorced his wife, Octavia, to marry Poppaea and scapegoated the Christians for the fire that destroyed half of Rome.
Daughter of Claudius and Messallina and first wife of Nero, who divorced her to marry Poppaea, banished her, and had her killed; in Octavia (attributed to Seneca), a character named Seneca protests Nero's barbarity [e1r].
www.press.uillinois.edu /epub/books/vives/names.html   (11309 words)

  
 Your a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman - Claudia Mills book review summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Claudia Mills' "You're a Brave Man Julius Zimmerman, is a story of a boys troubles, friends, accomplishments, and love life.
He falls in love with Octavia, the girl next door.
He helps her to see she is a true actress, and anything is possible.
www.buildingrainbows.com /review.php/reviewid/1482   (131 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Areas vulnerable to the action of freeze and hoar (Octavia Bogdan) 15
Areas vulnerable to the action of fog and acid rains (Octavia Bogdan, Doina Frumuşelu, Dana Dragne) 24
Towns and urban population in Romania (Claudia Popescu) 34
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 The Business Monthly
Claudia Mayer Center Invites Friends, Supporters to Tea
But since, the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center's elegant Victorian Tea has grown both in size and purpose.
In addition, there will be special thank-you gifts for guests who become Friends of the Center by donating $1,000 or more to the Center.
www.bizmonthly.com /4_2005/48.shtml   (497 words)

  
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Claudia Pulchra, (Friend and 2nd Cousin of Agrippina Major), born
Claudia Antonia, born in 30 AD (Raised by Antonia Minor)
Octavia, born, August 41 AD, died June 9th 62 AD.
www.caligulathemovie.com /family1.html   (1709 words)

  
 Virtual visit to the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields - nicchie orientali
Her dress, together with the mantle, slides down from the left shoulder uncovering the childlike bust.
The girl has an hairstyle which is typical of the Claudia age.
At first this little girl had been identified with Octavia Claudia, the unhappy daughter of the emperor Claudius and of Messalina, who ended to be Nero's bride.
www.ulixes.it /english/e_pg02bfr14m.html   (828 words)

  
 I, Claudius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2002 UK DVD edition also contains a documentary on the series, I, Claudius - a Television Epic, as well as some alternate and deleted scenes.
The Canadian independent film I, Claudia was inspired in title by this book.
Another title punning I, Claudius is the book I and Claudius: Travels with My Cat by Clare de Vries about the author's drive across America with her old Burmese cat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/I,_Claudius   (2226 words)

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