Antonia (daughter of Mark Antony orator)

Antonia was a daughter of the well-known Roman orator Marcus Antonius Orator . Her brothers were Marcus Antonius Creticus (the father of the triunvirn Marcus Antonius ) and Gaius Antonius Hybrida .

Some time after Mark Antony orator 100 BC. Chr. Had been allowed to celebrate a triumph over the Cilician pirates , his daughter Antonia of all people was kidnapped by pirates from his villa near Misenum ; she was only released on payment of a large ransom. Otherwise nothing is known about Antonia.

literature

Elimar Klebs : Antonius 109). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2639.

Remarks

↑ Plutarch , Pompey 24: 6; Cicero , Pro lege Manilia de imperio Cn. Pompei 33; on this Helmut Halfmann : Marcus Antonius . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-21727-4 , pp. 19 and 25.

personal data
SURNAME	Antonia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of Mark Antony Orator
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	1st century BC Chr.

[1] Plutarch , Pompey 24: 6; Cicero , Pro lege Manilia de imperio Cn. Pompei 33; on this Helmut Halfmann : Marcus Antonius . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-21727-4 , pp. 19 and 25.