Although married three times, the Emperor had but one child, JULIA (39
B.C.--14 A.D.), by his second wife, Scribonia. She was noted for her
beauty and talents, but infamous for her intrigues. She was married
three times; first, to Marcellus, her cousin; secondly, to Agrippa, by
whom she had five children; and thirdly, to the Emperor Tiberius. She
was banished on account of her conduct, and died in want.

OCTAVIA, the sister of Augustus, was noted for her beauty and
accomplishments, as well as for the nobility of her character. Her son
MARCELLUS was adopted by his uncle, but died young (23 B. C.). The
famous lines of Virgil upon this promising young man (Aeneid VI. 869-
887) were read before the Emperor and his sister, moving them to
tears, and winning for the author a munificent reward.

After the death of her first husband, Octavia was married to Mark
Antony, by whom she had two daughters, through whom she was the
ancestress of three Emperors, CLAUDIUS, CALIGULA, and NERO.

AGRIPPA (63-12), an eminent general and statesman, was a warm friend
and counsellor of Augustus. At the battle of Actium he commanded the
fleet of Octavius. He married Julia, the only daughter of the Emperor,
and had three sons, two of whom were adopted by Augustus, but died
before him; the third was murdered by Tiberius.

Augustus died at the age of seventy-six. He was frugal and correct in
his personal habits, quick and shrewd in his dealings with men, bold
and ambitious in the affairs of state. His greatness consisted rather
in the ability to abstain from abusing the advantages presented by
fortune, than in the genius which moulds the current of affairs to the