Claudia Antonia (Classical Latin: ANTONIA•CLAUDII•CAESARIS•FILIA) (ca. 26–66) was the daughter of the later Roman Emperor Claudius from his second marriage to Aelia Paetina. Until 37, she was raised by her paternal grandmother Antonia Minor (who died that year). From then until 43, she was raised by her father.
In 43, she first married Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, (a descendant from Pompeia Magna, the daughter of triumvir Pompey), a man of the highest...
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Claudia Antonia (Classical Latin: ANTONIA•CLAUDII•CAESARIS•FILIA) (ca. 26–66) was the daughter of the later Roman Emperor Claudius from his second marriage to Aelia Paetina. Until 37, she was raised by her paternal grandmother Antonia Minor (who died that year). From then until 43, she was raised by her father.
In 43, she first married Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, (a descendant from Pompeia Magna, the daughter of triumvir Pompey), a man of the highest birth. His parents were consul Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi and Scribonia. According to Suetonius he died several years later, because he was stabbed to death while in bed with a favorite boyfriend. Cassius Dio states that Empress Valeria Messalina (out of her fear, of Pompeius being a rival to Britannicus) ordered his execution, so that Antonia could marry Messalina's half-brother. His name was Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix.
Faustus Sulla and Antonia married in 47. They had a son who was of little strength. He died before his second...
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