[Hbo Rome and... BBC too]

Watched with dismay how the story is developing---our two heros are becoming the roman equivelant of batman and robin--and pullo even gets to bang cleopatra !!

 

And HBO is skipping a week---does anyone know why?

[Atia]

She married Lucius Marcius Philippus in 59 BC and remained so until her death, (a fact conveniently left out of the HBO show). He was a man of consular rank and deep rooted senatorial tradition but was very much a Caesarian supporter. Atia died in late summer of the year following Caesar's death, 43 BC (Octavian was just about 20), and unfortunately not much else is known. We do know that both she and Philippus initially opposed Octavian 'collecting his inheritance' at Caesar's death, but this did not cause a rift. Philippus was later rewarded for his loyalty to Octavian and seems to have truly been a surrogate father. (Octavian's own father died when he was young... 4 if I remember correctly)

 

There really are very few mentions of Atia in the historical record... there are brief passages in Suetonius, Nicolaus of Damascus and Dio Cassius, but none go into any great detail.

 

 

Thank you---

[Atia]

hi

 

Attia--what happens to her in history---if it is known?