![]() ![]() But he was thought to be kindly disposed towards Antony, since he had given refuge to Antony’s mother when she fled from Rome with Fulvia, and so it was decided to make terms with him. Now, Sextus Pompeius was holding Sicily, was ravaging Italy, and, with his numerous piratical ships under the command of Menas the corsair and Menecrates, had made the sea unsafe for sailors. In this case, however, the senate passed a decree remitting the restriction in time. ![]() Accordingly, when both men were agreed, they went up to Rome and celebrated Octavia’s marriage, although the law did not permit a woman to marry before her husband had been dead ten months. For they hoped that Octavia, who, besides her great beauty, had intelligence and dignity, when united to Antony and beloved by him, as such a woman naturally must be, would restore harmony and be their complete salvation. Everybody tried to bring about this marriage. ![]() ![]() Antony, too, now that Fulvia was gone, was held to be a widower, although he did not deny his relations with Cleopatra he would not admit, however, that she was his wife, and in this matter his reason was still battling with his love for the Egyptian. Had died a short time before, and she was a widow. Caesar was exceedingly fond of his sister, who was, as the saying is, a wonder of a woman. Mother for she was the child of Ancharia, but he, by a later marriage, of Atia. ![]()
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