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Antonia Minor

Bronwyn Hopwood

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Abstract

Antonia Minor (36 BCE-37 CE), younger daughter of the triumvir Marcus Antonius (see Antonius, Marcus (Mark Antony)) and Octavia Minor, married Drusus the Elder in ca. 18 BCE. Three of Antonia's children survived into adulthood: Germanicus, Livilla, and Claudius. Widowed in 9 BCE, Antonia refused to remarry (Joseph. AJ 18.180; Val.Max. 4.3.3). Praised for her beauty, loyalty, and virtue (Plut. Ant. 87), Antonia nurtured royal children from Armenia, Commagene, Judaea, Mauretania, Parthia, and Thrace, as well as Caligula and Drusilla on Agrippina the Elder's demise.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History
EditorsRoger S Bagnall, Kai Brodersen, Craige B Champion, Andrew Erskine, Sabine R Huebner
Place of PublicationChichester, United Kingdom
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
Pages493-494
VolumeII. An-Be
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781405179355, 9781444338386
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Classical Greek and Roman History

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