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Fulvia (fŭl`vēə), d. 40 B.C. Roman matron. She was wife, in turn, of Publius Clodius Clodius (Publius Clodius Pulcher) (klō`dēəs), d. 52 B.C., Roman politician. ..... Click the link for more information. , Quintus Scribonius Curio, and (44 B.C.) Marc Antony Antony or Marc Antony, Lat. Marcus Antonius, c.83 B.C.–30 B.C., Roman politican and soldier. He was of a distinguished family; his mother was a relative of Julius Caesar . ..... Click the link for more information. , to whom she remained completely loyal. She had been attacked (in the Philippics) by Cicero, and she pierced his tongue with a needle when his head was brought to Rome (43). She led a revolt in Antony's interest against Augustus. Her forces were defeated at Perusia (40 B.C.), and she died at Sicyon. |
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There's Fulvia (Fiona Shaw), whose dismissive rebuke of her husband Marc Antony (Vincent Reagan) produces the first laugh of the series - and reminds you how precious little really good character development has gone before. Octavian quashed the revolt the following year, and Fulvia died in exile. Semiramis, si crudelis Hippia, si impudica Messalina, si insana Pasiphe, non propterea universum genus femineum arguendum cum proba Thamyris, fidelis Antonia, honesta Lucretia, pia Julia, prudens Fulvia, gravis Octavia, casta Dido, pudica Martia fuisse dicatur. |
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