Antonia, daughter of Antonius

Antonia was a daughter of Marcus Antonius the orator, who was the proconsul for the Roman province of Cilicia. She was abducted in Italy, during a visit to Misenum (modern Miseno), by the Cilician pirates with whom her father had so often clashed. Her freedom was obtained only on payment of a large ransom.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Plutarch, Pompey 24
  2. ↑ Tansey, Patrick (2010). "Antonia and the Pirates". The Classical Quarterly. Cambridge University Press. 60 (2): 656–658. JSTOR 40984840.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Antonia". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 209. 

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