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How the men chronicling history saw them:
-catfight over Mark Antony, Fulvia pining after Antony until she died
How they really interacted:
Fulvia: That Octavian guy is a manipulative twerp, so don’t trust him. I’m praying to Fortuna and Minerva you kick his ass into next week. It’ll make dying in exile worth it.
Cleopatra: I’d be willing to do that for you. Don’t worry about Antyllus and Jullus. I’ll look after them.
Fulvia: Oh, and just as a warning. Marcus snores louder than a herd of elephants.
Mark Antony: I don’t snore!
Fulvia and Cleopatra: Yes, you do!
(c. 83 BCE-40 BCE) The first non-mythological woman to appear on Roman coins. She was married three times (Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio, Mark Antony) and actively involved in all her husband’s careers. She testified against the murderer of her first husband, and inherited several street gangs. She unsuccessfully plotted against Octavian in retaliation for divorcing her daughter Clodia. She was exiled to Greece and died. One of her sons by Mark Antony, Antyllus was executed after the Battle of Actium, while the other Jullus committed suicide after participating in a plot with Julia (the daughter of Augustus).
She’s not as well known, due to being overshadowed by both Livia Drusilla and Cleopatra (who was also involved with Mark Antony).