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Atia (also Atia Balba) (c. 85 – 43 BC) was the niece of Julius Caesar (through his sister Julia Minor), and mother of Gaius Octavius, who became the Emperor Augustus. Through her daughter Octavia , she was also the great-grandmother of Germanicus and his brother, Emperor Claudius .
Apr 28, 2022 · Atia Balba Caesonia (85-43 BC) was the daughter of Julius Caesar's sister Julia Caesaris, mother of the Emperor Augustus, step-grandmother of the Emperor Tiberius, great-grandmother of the Emperor Claudius, great-great grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, and great-great-great-grandmother of the ...
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Atia (also Atia Balba) (85 BC – 43 BC) was the niece of Julius Caesar (through his sister Julia Minor), and mother of Gaius Octavius, who became the Emperor Augustus. Through her daughter Octavia, she was also the great-grandmother of Germanicus and his brother, emperor Claudius.
daughter of M. Atius Balbus and of Iulia, Caesar's sister, was the wife of C. Octavius and the mother of C. Octavius (the future Augustus) and of ...
While returning from Macedonia, before he could declare himself a candidate for the consulship, he died suddenly, survived by three children, an elder Octavia by Ancharia, and by Atia a younger Octavia and Augustus. Atia was the daughter of Marcus Atius Balbus and Julia, sister of Gaius Caesar.
Learn about Atia, the daughter of Caesar's sister and the mother of Octavian (Augustus) and Octavia, from the Oxford Classical Dictionary. Access the full article with a subscription or login.
The gens Atia, sometimes written Attia, was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Lucius Atius, a military tribune in 178 BC. Several of the Atii served in the Civil War between Caesar and Pompeius.
