The scene before her flattered her ambition, but without a stroke of iniquity could not be realized. The fact was, Octavia, with the consent of Claudius, was contracted to Lucius Silanus, a youth of noble descent, by triumphal honours rendered still more illustrious, and by a spectacle of gladiators, given in his name, endeared to the people. But to a woman' of high ambition and a politic character:
baina hau ez zitekeen hogen gabe burutu, Zesarrek Oktabia Luzio Silanori agindu baitzion, eta mutil gazte hau, beste arrazoi batzuengatik entzutetsua eta garaipenez eta gladiadore jokuetako handitasunez kondekoratua, herriaren onespenera aurkeztua baitzuen.