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The Antonius family is one of the wealthiest and most prominent families of ancient Rome, who trace their origins back to the hero Heracles.

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The family has a proud and distinguished history of members belonging to both the patrician and plebeian classes.

 

One of the first to achieve prominence was Titus Antonius Merenda, a member of the second Decemviri who helped draft what became the "Law of the Twelve Tables."

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One of the family's most influential and best known ancestors is Mark Antony, a shrewd politician and triumphant military general. He was a partisan of Julius Caesar, and became a member of the Second Triumvirate, along with Octavian and Lepidus following Caesar's death.

​Family members have included Roman Emperors, Consuls, Senators, and Governors to Queens and Princes of Thrace and Egypt.

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Currently living members of the family are direct descendants of Mark Antony and three of his wives—Fulvia, Octavia, and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.

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The Family Tree and more information about the Antoni is available at: https://www.domusantonius.com/home