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A Translation of Octavia, a Latin Tragedy, with Notes and Introduction

Note 73 — OCTAVIA, A TRAGEDY.

Elizabeth Twining Hall translation

Poppaea Sabina, a very beautiful but licentious woman. She was the daughter of T. Ollius but assumed the name of her maternal grandfather, Poppaeus Sabinus. She was first married to Rufrius Crispinus and afterward to Otho from whom she was divorced in order to marry Nero. She persuaded Nero to murder his mother who was opposed to the marriage. She was killed by a kick from Nero.

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