Antonia the Elder

Antonia the Elder
Bust believed to be Antonia Major
BornAugust/September 39 BC
Athens, Greece
SpouseLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
IssueDomitia
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
Domitia Lepida Major
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Domitia Lepida Minor
HouseJulio-Claudian dynasty
FatherMark Antony
MotherOctavia the Younger
Antonia from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum; the inscription means: "Antonia Major, Emperor Nero's grandmother"

Antonia the Elder[a] (born August/September 39 BC) was a niece of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, being the eldest daughter of Octavia the Younger and her second husband, the Triumvir Mark Antony. She married Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and became the paternal grandmother of the emperor Nero.

  1. ^ PIR2 A 884.


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