Octavia the Elder
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Octavia the ElderTemplate:Efn (before 69 BC – after 29 BC) was the daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius by his first wife, Ancharia. She was the elder half-sister to Octavia the Younger and Roman Emperor Augustus.[1]
Biography
Early life
Octavia was born to Ancharia and Octavius likely some time before 69 BC.[2]
Marriage and issue
Octavia the Elder was married to Sextus Appuleius (I). They had a son, who was also named Sextus Appuleius, he served as ordinary consul in 29 BC with his half-uncle, Augustus.[3] It is postulated that they had a second son, Marcus Appuleius, the consul of 20 BC.[4] Through Sextus Appuleius, the consul, she had a grandson named Sextus Appuleius, consul in AD 14, and a granddaughter Appuleia Varilla. Octavia the Elder's last known descendants were her great-grandson, also named Sextus Appuleius, through her grandson and Fabia Numantina.[5]
Research
Plutarch was only aware of one daughter of Gaius Octavius and confused Octavia the Elder with Octavia the Younger.[6]
Octavia's existence as wife of Appuleius was first discovered due to a dedication from when her husband was proconsul of Asia.[7]
Cultural depictions
Octavia and her husband, as well as their two sons, may be depicted on the Ara Pacis.[8]
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ Suetonius, Life of Augustus 4.1 [1]
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- ↑ Inscriptions from Pergamon 2, 419 = Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4, 323 = Wilhelm Dittenberger, Orientis Graeci inscriptiones selectae 462.
- ↑ Syme, Ronald, Augustan Aristocracy (1989), p. 37
- ↑ Syme, R., Augustan Aristocracy (1989), pp. 316f
- ↑ Plutarch, Life of Antony 31.1-2 and 87
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Sources
- Herzog-Hauser, Gertrud: (Octavia 95). In: Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, vol. XVII 2, col. 1858–1859.
- Suetonius; Life of Augustus
- Syme, Ronald; Augustan Aristocracy (Oxford University Press, 1989). Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
Further reading
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