What is Claudia Octavia?
{{Infobox royalty |name=Claudia Octavia |image=Ritratto di claudia ottavia, da roma, via varese.JPG |image_size=240px |caption=Portrait head of Claudia Octavia, [[National Museum of Rome]] |succession=[[List of Roman empresses|Roman empress]] |reign= October 13, AD 54 – June 9, AD 62 |consort= yes |birth_date=late AD 39/early AD 40 |birth_place=[[Rome]] |death_date=June 9, AD 62 (age c. 22) |death_place=[[Ventotene|Pandateria]] |place of burial= |father=[[Claudius]] |mother=[[Valeria Messalina]] |spouse=[[Nero]] |issue= |house=[[Julio-Claudian dynasty|Julio-Claudian]] |full name=}} '''Claudia Octavia''' (late 39 or early 40 – June 9, AD 62) was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Empress]]. She was the daughter of the Emperor [[Claudius]] and [[Valeria Messalina]]. Her mother died and her father re-married her cousin [[Agrippina the Younger]]. So she became the stepsister of the future Emperor [[Nero]]. She would also become his wife. The marriage was arranged by Agrippina. Octavia was popular with the people of Rome. But Nero hated their marriage. When his mistress, [[Poppaea Sabina]], became pregnant, he divorced Octavia, and banished her. When this led to a public outcry, he had her [[executed]]. [[Category:Emperors and empresses]] [[Category:39 births]] [[Category:Roman people]] [[Category:62 deaths]]