By the late Republican period girls from this branch were often called "Clodia".
[1] A number of Marcellae are believed to have been the daughters of the consul Gaius Claudius Marcellus The two surviving daughters of Octavia (the sister of Roman emperor Augustus) by Marcellus[5] became important in Augustus imperial plans.
[6] The sisters were born in Rome and lived with their mother and their stepfather Triumvir Mark Antony in Athens, Greece.
After 36 BC they accompanied their mother when she returned to Rome with their brother and half-sisters.
[7] The marriages of the sisters and the children born to their unions assured republican family lines into the next generation.