The name of the lady was Fulvia.

She was a widow at the time of her marriage with Antony, and was a woman of very marked and decided character.

She had led a wild and irregular life previous to that time, but she conceived a very strong attachment to her new husband and devoted herself to him from the time of her marriage with the most constant fidelity.

She soon acquired a very great ascendency over him, and was the means of effecting a very considerable reform in his conduct and character.

She was an ambitious and aspiring woman, and made many very efficient and successful efforts to promote the elevation and aggrandizement of her husband.