Julia the Elder
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Julia the Elder, known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia, was the daughter and only surviving biological child of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and his second w
Bust of Julia the Elder (Musée Saint-Raymond)
Inscribed dedication to Julia, daughter of Augustus, Roman, set up about 15–12 BC. From the sanctuary of Athena at Priene, western Asia Minor. British Museum
Julia, flanked by her sons Lucius and Gaius on the reverse of the denarius of Augustus, minted in 13 BC (RIC I 404)
Denarius depicting the goddess Diana, likely represented as Julia.
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman general and statesman who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. Agrippa is well known for his important military victories,
Julia the Elder
…daughters that I have to put up with: the Roman commonwealth and Julia." In 37 BC, during Julia's early childhood, Octavian's friends Gaius Maecenas and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa concluded an agreement with Octavian's great rival Mark Antony. It was sealed with an engagement: Antony's ten-year-old son Marcus Antonius Antyllus…
Bust of Agrippa in the Louvre Museum, Paris, c. 25–24 BC
Bust of Agrippa, Musée Saint-Raymond
The facade of the Pantheon with the inscription of Agrippa
The theatre at Merida, Spain; it was promoted by Agrippa, built between 16 and 15 BC.