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Atia (also Atia Balba) [ii] (c. 85 – 43 BC) was the niece of Julius Caesar (through his sister Julia Minor), and mother of Gaius Octavius, who became the Emperor Augustus. Through her daughter Octavia , she was also the great-grandmother of Germanicus and his brother, Emperor Claudius .
Octavius' mother Atia took over his education in the absence of his father. He was taught as the average Roman aristocratic boy was, learning both Latin and Greek while being trained as an orator. When Octavius was six years old Atia remarried to Lucius Marcius Philippus, a supporter of Julius Caesar and a former governor of Syria. [3]
[citation needed] Full sister to Augustus, Octavia was the only daughter born of Gaius Octavius' second marriage to Atia, niece of Julius Caesar. [1] Octavia was born in Nola, present-day Italy; her father, a Roman governor and senator, died in 59 BC from natural causes. Her mother later remarried, to the consul Lucius Marcius Philippus ...
His mother, Atia, was the niece of Julius Caesar. [19] [20] A denarius from 44 BC, showing Julius Caesar on the obverse and the goddess Venus on the reverse of the coin. Caption: CAESAR IMP. M. / L. AEMILIVS BVCA. His father died in 59 BC when Octavian was four years old. [21] His mother married a former governor of Syria, Lucius Marcius Philippus.
Atia of the Julii: Polly Walker: Atia/Clodia/Fulvia [1] 1.1–2.10 Niece of Caesar and mother of Octavia of the Julii and Octavian. Condescending, manipulative, shrewd, willful, amoral, Atia advances her and her family's status in Roman society by any means, including sex and violence.
Octavius' mother, Atia, was the daughter of Caesar's sister, Julia Minor. Octavian (not yet re named Augustus) finished the civil wars started by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. One by one, Octavian defeated the legions of the other generals who wanted to succeed Julius Caesar as the master of the Roman world.
Atia (gens), plebeian family of Rome; Atia (mother of Augustus) (85 BC – 43 BC), Roman noblewoman, daughter of Julius Caesar's sister Julia Caesaris, mother of the Emperor Augustus; Atia of the Julii, fictional character from the television series Rome, based on Atia the mother of Augustus
Atia (aunt of Augustus) Atia (mother of Augustus) Marcus Atius Balbus; C. Cornelia (stepdaughter of Augustus) L. Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus; M. Marcia (wife of Cato)