A short time afterward, she sank down in sorrow to the grave.
The death of Fulvia was an event which proved to be of advantage to Antony.

It opened the way to a reconciliation between him and Octavius.
Fulvia had been extremely active in opposing Octavius's designs, and in organizing plans for resisting him.

He felt, therefore, a special hostility against her, and, through her, against Antony.

Now, however, that she was dead, the way seemed to be in some sense opened for a reconciliation.
Octavius had a sister, Octavia, who had been the wife of a Roman general named Marcellus.

She was a very beautiful and a very accomplished woman, and of a spirit very different from that of Fulvia.