Atia Balba Caesonia (85 BC-43 BC) was a Roman noblewoman. She was the mother of the Roman Emperor Augustus, and daughter of Julius Caesar's sister Julia Caesaris. The name Atia Balba was also borne by the other two daughters of Julia Caesaris and her husband praetor Marcus Atius Balbus. They were Atia’s older sister Atia Balba Prima and younger sister Atia Balba Tertia.
Atia married the Roman Macedonian governor and senator Gaius Octavius. Their ...
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Atia Balba Caesonia (85 BC-43 BC) was a Roman noblewoman. She was the mother of the Roman Emperor Augustus, and daughter of Julius Caesar's sister Julia Caesaris. The name Atia Balba was also borne by the other two daughters of Julia Caesaris and her husband praetor Marcus Atius Balbus. They were Atia’s older sister Atia Balba Prima and younger sister Atia Balba Tertia.
Atia married the Roman Macedonian governor and senator Gaius Octavius. Their children were Octavia Minor and Gaius Octavius Thurinus (later known as Augustus). In 59 BC, Atia's husband Gaius Octavius died on his way to Rome to stand for the consulship and Atia married Lucius Marcius Philippus, a consul of 56 BC and a supporter of Julius Caesar. He raised Atia's children alongside his own son and daughter from a previous marriage and arranged Octavia's first marriage, to the consul and senator Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor. Atia and Philippus carefully tutored and educated their children.
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