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Iullus Antonius. Iullus Antonius (43–2 BC) [1] was a Roman magnate and poet. A son of Mark Antony and Fulvia, he was spared by the emperor Augustus after the civil wars of the Republic, and was married to the emperor's niece. He was later condemned as one of the lovers of Augustus's daughter, Julia, and killed himself.
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Antonius, Iullus. in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev) Length: 129 words. Search for: 'Iullus Antonius' in Oxford Reference ». (RE 22)second son of the Triumvir Mark Antony (M. Antonius (2)) and Fulvia, born 43 bc, was brought up in Rome by Octavia (2) and married in 21 to ...
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Antonius, Iullus was a Roman politician and poet who was condemned for adultery and committed suicide in 21 ce. He wrote an epic poem, Diomedeia, and was the father of Lucius, the last of the male line of the Antonii.
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- Antonia
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The first possible wife of Antony was Fadia, the daughter of a rich freedman named Quintus Faius Gallus. This marriage is attested in Cicero's Philippics and letter 16 to Atticus. However, it is an implausible marriage because Antony was a member of the Plebeian nobility. His mother was a 3d cousin of Caesar. The marriage may have been arranged to ...
In his late 20s, Antony married his cousin Antonia, a proper wife, to help his career. She bore him a daughter and they remained married for about 8 years. He divorced her in 47 B.C. on a charge of adultery with Publius Cornelius Dolabella, husband of Cicero's daughter Tullia. Children: Daughter, Antonia.
In 47 or 46 B.C., Antony married Fulvia. She had already been married to 2 of Antony's friends, Publius Clodius and Gaius Scribonius Curio. Cicero said she was the driving force behind Antony's decisions. She bore him two sons. Fulvia was active in political machinations and although Antony denied knowledge of it, Fulvia and Antony's brother mutini...
Part of the reconciliation between Antony and Octavian (following the mutiny) was the marriage between Antony and Octavian's sister Octavia. They married in 40 B.C. and Octavia bore their first child the following year. She acted as peacemaker between Octavian and Antony, trying to persuade each to accommodate the other. When Antony went east to fi...
Antony's last wife was Cleopatra. He acknowledged it and their children in 36 B.C. It was a marriage that was to be unrecognized at Rome. Huzar argues that Antony made the marriage in order to utilize Egyptian resources. Octavian wasn't very forthcoming with the troops Antony needed for his Parthian campaign, so he had to look elsewhere. The marria...
AUGUSTUS and the SUCCESSION. PERSONNAGES: Marcus Vipsanius AGRIPPA (63–12 B.C.) Consul I in 37; II in 28; III in 27. Marcus Claudius MARCELLUS (42–23 B.C.) Aedile in 23; son of Augustus' sister Octavia by her first marriage; he is thus half-brother of Marcus Antonius' children the two Antonias (the elder of whom married L. Domitius ...
Their elder stepbrothers, Ptolemy XV Kaisar, called “Caesarion,” and M. Antonius, called “Antyllus,” both in Egypt, were also subjected to Octavian's power, while for their younger brother in Rome, Iullus Antonius, it was only a question of time until he had to face Octavian.
Out of the men on trial with Julia, only Iullus Antonius was put to death. The son of Mark Antony (and younger brother of Julia’s first fiancé, Antyllus), he was tried not only for morality crimes, but also for treason. Augustus considered Iullus a conspirator, and perhaps to continue eliminating the rest of the Antonius line, had him executed.
