A desperate Octavian , facing riots and renewed civil war in Rome , responds by sending his sister Octavia and mother Atia to convince Antony to send grain .
The plan works and greatly angers the starving Roman people who blame Octavian for the grain shortage .
A desperate Octavian , facing riots and renewed civil war in Rome , responds by sending Octavian 's sister Octavia and mother Atia to convince Antony to send grain .
The plan works and greatly angers the starving Roman people who blame Octavian for the grain shortage .