Ancharia

Ancharia was a in the 1st century BC. Living in a senatorial family, the gens Ancharia , Roman woman.

Ancharia was the first wife of the Roman politician Gaius Octavius , who belonged to a knightly but wealthy branch of the Octavier , based in Velitrae . The marriage of Ancharia and Gaius Octavius had a daughter, Octavia Maior . Gaius Octavius married no later than 65 BC. Second marriage to Atia , who became the mother of Octavia Minor and later Emperor Augustus . There is no other information available about Ancharia.

literature

Elimar Klebs : Ancharius 7 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2102.

Remarks

↑ Suetonius , Augustus 4, 1; see. Plutarch , Antonius 31, 2 (who only knows one Octavia and therefore mistakenly makes this wife of Marcus Antonius the daughter of Ancharia).

personal data
SURNAME	Ancharia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	first wife of Gaius Octavius, father of the emperor Augustus
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	1st century BC Chr.

[1] Suetonius , Augustus 4, 1; see. Plutarch , Antonius 31, 2 (who only knows one Octavia and therefore mistakenly makes this wife of Marcus Antonius the daughter of Ancharia).