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A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Antonia Major

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ANTONIA MAJOR,

The eldest daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, sister to Augustus, was born B. C. 89. She married L. Domitius. Some of the most illustrious persons in Rome were descended from her. It was her misfortune that the infamous Messalina and Nero were her grandchildren.