Note 55 — OCTAVIA, A TRAGEDY.
Elizabeth Twining Hall translation
Nero attempted to shipwreck his mother on her return from Baiae to Bauli, but the empress was picked up by boats from the shore and carried to Lucrine villa. Nero immediately sent Amicetus with a band of soldiers to complete the crime. As she lay dying from her many wounds, she exclaimed, “Strike the womb which bore a monster.”