Octavia Major

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For other Roman noble women of this name see Octavia

Octavia Thurina Major or Octavia Major was a daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius from his first wife, Ancharia. Little is known of her, apart from the fact that she was living in 40 BC. Plutarch states that she was a beautiful and admirable woman. Octavia Major was an elder half-sister to Octavia Minor and Roman Emperor Augustus. A statue of her can be seen at [1]