Note 93 — OCTAVIA, A TRAGEDY.
Elizabeth Twining Hall translation
Twelve days after Nero divorced Octavia, he married Poppaea who brought a false accusation against the former wife, and Octavia was imprisoned in Campania. When the citizens murmured against such an unjust decree and Nero recalled her, they rushed tumultuously to the capital to offer sacrifice. They overthrew all the statues of Poppaea within reach and crowned Octavia’s. They surged around the palace until the emperor dispersed them with an armed force.