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| | Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Octavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Octavia, feigning sadness, prays the populace, who are espousing her cause, not to grieve about her divorce. |
 | | 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. |
 | | Messalina the mother of Octavia, was noted for her lustful propensities, supposedly, I should think, suffering from the “furor uterinus”, which was not very mercifully regarded in those days. |
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