Octavia the Elder
Octavia the Elder | |
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| Spouse | Ancharia (mother) |
Octavia the Elder
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, 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
- List of Roman women
- Women in ancient Rome
Notes
- ^ Also known as Octavia Major or Octavia Maior.
References
- ^ Suetonius, Life of Augustus 4.1 [1]
- ^ Syme, Ronald (1978). History in Ovid. University of Michigan: Clarendon Press. p. 152.
- ^ 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
- ISBN 9780198147312.
- JSTOR 506032.
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). ISBN 978-0-19-814731-2
Further reading
- Mary White, Singer (1948). "The Problem of Octavia Minor and Octavia Maior". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 79. The Johns Hopkins University Press: 268–274. JSTOR 283365.