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 ANTONY. 239 Of the two daughters whom Octavia had borne to Antony, the one was married to Domitius Aheuobarbus ; and the other, Antonia, famous for her beauty and discretion, was married to Drusus, the son of Livia, and step-son to Ctesar. Of these parents were born Germanicus and Claudius. Claudius reigned later ; and of the children of Germanicus, -Caius, after a reign of distinction, was killed with his wife and child ; Agrippina, after bearing a son, Lucius Domitius, to Ahenobarbus, wa;^ married to Clau- dius Caesar, who ado^Dted Domitius, giving him the name of Nero Germanicus. He was emperor in our time, and put his mother to death, and with his madness and folly came not far from ruining the Eoman empire, beuig Antony's descendant in the fifth generation.