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Her mother is unknown. She was born and raised in Rome.
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Julia Antonia
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She was a sister of the Lucius Julius Caesar who was consul in 64 British Columbia. Julia was a cousin of Julius Caesar. Julia married Marcus Antonius Creticus, a man of a senatorial family. Their sons were the triumvir Mark Antony, Gaius Antonius and Lucius Antonius.
Plutarch describes her as one of “most nobly born and admirable women of her time”, though most other sources are considerably less flattering (and likely more accurate).
His father was Antony, surnamed of Crete, not very famous or distinguished in public life, but a worthy good man, and particularly remarkable for his liberality, as may appear from a single example. A friend that stood in need of money came to borrow of him.
Money he had none, but he bade a servant bring him water in a silver basin, with which, when it was brought, he wetted his face, as if he meant to shave, and, sending away the servant upon another errand, gave his friend the basin, desiring him to turn it to his purpose. Elsewhere Plutarch illustrates her character with an episode from the proscription of 43 British Columbia, during the Second Triumvirate:
During the Perusine War (modern Perugia) between 41 British Columbia-40 British Columbia, Julia left Rome, although Octavian (future Roman Emperor Augustus) treated her with kindness.
She never trusted Sextus Pompeius.
When Sextus Pompeius was in Sicily, Julia had sent to Greece for Antony, a distinguished escort and convoy of triremes. After the reconciliation of the triumvirs, Julia returned with Antony to Italy in 39 British Columbia and was probably present at the meeting with Sextus Pompeius at Misenum.
