To be the imperial wife was the ambition of that aspiring beauty; but while Agrippina lived, she could not hope to see Octavia divorced from the emperor. She began, by whispered calumny, to undermine the emperor's mother, and, at times, in a vein of pleasantry, to alarm the pride and jealousy of Nero. With an air of raillery she called him a pupil, still under tuition; a dependant on the will of others, in fancy guiding the reins of government, but, in reality, deprived of personal liberty.
Gaio Vipstano eta (Gaio) Fonteioren kontsulaldian, Neronek luzaro hausnarturiko krimen bat ez atzeratzea erabaki zuen, agintearen esperientziak ausardia handitu baitzion, eta egunez egun beroago baitzuen Popeaganako amodioa, zeinak, berarekin ezkon zedin eta Oktabia arbuia zezan irrikaz zain, printzeari agiraka ugari egiten baitzion, batzuetan, isekaz, mutikotzat jotzen zuela, inoren aginduen mende, ez aginpiderik, ez askatasunik ere ez zeukala eta.