ding , ▁giving ▁her ▁in ▁marriage ▁" just ▁as ▁a ▁father ▁would ." ▁The ▁importance ▁of ▁the ▁pat ric ian ▁Claud ii ▁to ▁Oct av ian ' s ▁cause , ▁and ▁the ▁political ▁surv ival ▁of ▁the ▁Claud ii ▁N er ones ▁are ▁probably ▁more ▁rational ▁explan ations ▁for ▁the ▁temp est uous ▁union . ▁Nevertheless , ▁Liv ia ▁and ▁August us ▁remained ▁married ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁ 5 1 ▁years , ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁no ▁children ▁apart ▁from ▁a ▁single ▁mis car riage . ▁She ▁always ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁privile ged ▁coun sel or ▁to ▁her ▁husband , ▁pet ition ing ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁beh alf ▁of ▁others ▁and ▁influen cing ▁his ▁policies , ▁an ▁unusual ▁role ▁for ▁a ▁Roman ▁wife ▁in ▁a ▁culture ▁domin ated ▁by ▁the ▁p ater ▁famil ias . ▁ ▁After ▁Mark ▁Anton y ' s ▁suic ide ▁following ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Act ium ▁in ▁ 3 1 ▁BC , ▁Oct av ian ▁returned ▁to ▁Rome ▁triumph ant ; ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁January ▁ 2 7 ▁BC , ▁the ▁Senate ▁best owed ▁upon ▁him ▁the ▁honor ary ▁title ▁of ▁August us ▁(" hon or able " ▁or ▁" re ver ed ▁one "). ▁August us ▁rejected ▁monarch ical ▁titles , ▁instead ▁choosing ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁himself ▁as ▁Prince ps ▁C iv itat is ▁(" First ▁Cit izen ▁of ▁the ▁State ") ▁or ▁Prince ps ▁Sen atus ▁(" First ▁among ▁the ▁Senate "). ▁He ▁and ▁Liv ia ▁formed ▁the ▁role ▁model ▁for ▁Roman ▁households