Octavia Major [61251]
- Marriage: Sextus Appuleius (I) [61252]
General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Major
Octavia Maior (Maior Latin for the elder, lived 1st century BC ) was the daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius by his first wife, Ancharia. She was also an elder half-sister to Octavia Minor and Roman Emperor Augustus . Little is known of her life. Plutarch only knows one daughter Octavia of Gaius Octavius and confuses Octavia Maior with Octavia Minor. Marriage and Descendants Octavia Maior was married to Sextus Appuleius (I). They had one son, who was also named Sextus Appuleius (II) and was ordinary consul in 29 BC with his half-uncle, Augustus . Through her son, Sextus Appuleius (II), she had two grandchildren, a grandson, named Sextus Appuleius (III) like his forebears and a granddaughter, Appuleia Varilla . Octavia Maior's last known descendant was her great-grandson, also named Sextus Appuleius (IV), through her grandson and his wife, Fabia Numantina
Octavia married Sextus Appuleius (I) [61252] [MRIN: 551617516].
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