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Annals by Tacitus
Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb
Book XII Chapter 9: Betrothal of Nero and Octavia[AD 49]
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It was then resolved to delay no longer. Memmius Pollio, the consul-elect, was induced by great promises to deliver a speech, praying Claudius to betroth Octavia to Domitius. The match was not unsuitable to the age of either, and was likely to develop still more important results. Pollio introduced the motion in much the same language as Vitellius had lately used. So Octavia was betrothed, and Domitius, besides his previous relationship, became now the emperor's affianced son-in-law, and an equal of Britannicus, through the exertions of his mother [Note 1] and the cunning of those who had been the accusers of Messalina, and feared the vengeance of her son.

Note 1: mother = Agrippina

Event: Betrothal of Nero and Octavia