Claudia Marcella Major

Claudia Marcella Major
Engraving of Marcella
SpouseMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Iullus Antonius
Issueby Agrippa
Vipsania Marcella Major
Vipsania Marcella Minor (disputed)
by Iullus
Iulla Antonia
Iullus Antonius
Lucius Antonius
HouseJulio-Claudian
FatherGaius Claudius Marcellus
MotherOctavia the Younger

Claudia Marcella Major[a] (PIR2 C 1102; born some time before 40 BC) was the senior niece of Roman emperor Augustus, being the eldest daughter of his sister Octavia the Younger and her first husband Gaius Claudius Marcellus. She became the second wife of Augustus' foremost general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and after that the wife of Iullus Antonius, the son of Mark Antony.

  1. ^ Freisenbruch, Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire, p. 277
  2. ^ Stern, Women, Children, and Senators on the Ara Pacis Augustae: A Study of Augustus' Vision of a New World Order in 13 BC, p.381
  3. ^ Lightman, A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women, p. 204
  4. ^ Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa article at Encyclopædia Britannica


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