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Octavia: A Play attributed to Senecaedited by Rolando FerriOctavia, a play traditionally attributed to Seneca, focuses on three days in AD 53, during which Nero divorced and deported Octavia and married Poppaea Sabina. Ferri's introduction considers the authorship claim, arguing that the play was actually written later in the 1st century, after the deaths of Nero and Seneca, and that it would be almost inconceivable that Seneca would have written such a dangerous play. Ferri also considers the style and content of the play, contrasting it with the works of Seneca and others, and looks at the play's historical and political context. Octavia itself is presented in Latin followed by a comprehensive commentary. 471p (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries 41, Cambridge UP 2003) 
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