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Atia (mother of Augustus)
Mother of Roman emperor Augustus
Atia (also Atia Balba)[ii] (c.
Atia of the julii biography summary
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.
Biography
Early life
Atia was the daughter of Julia Minor and her husband praetorMarcus Atius Balbus. Atia had at least one younger sister, and possibly an older one. Due to this, she is sometimes called Atia Secunda or Atia Balba Secunda.[1] She may also have had a brother.[2][3]
First marriage
Her first marriage was with Gaius Octavius, the praetor in 61 BC and then Macedoniangovernor.
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Her family lived close to Velitrae, ancestral home of the Octavii. They had two children: Octavia Minor, born c. 66 BC, and Gaius Octavius (Augustus), born in 63 BC.
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