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From: Francisco Antonio Doria< >
Subject: Re: Re: Cleopatra VII (was: Re: Strabo [but may be of wider interest])
Date: 4 Sep 1998 03:05:08 -0700


Settipani has several of those: the Anicii, for instance. He mentions one
Claudia Marcella (if I correctly recall) who was descended from the
Claudii, but I don't know if he has the complete line.

Chico Doria

>
>Many lines could probably be traced from the Romans, but the research is most
>difficult. The 1st and second century prosopography is not complete. The
>work exists only to the letter 'M'. The rest of the work was semi-completed
>but it was in Berlin during WWII. The work and plates were destroyed. No one
>has tried to complete it since that time.
>
>It has been a while since i worked on this, but there is circumstantial
>evidence that Antony's line still exists. The article is in the 1993
>_Plantagenet Connection_. I remember that the male line of those who could
>succeed as emperor was wiped out at the time of Nero, but there were some
>surviving female lines even with the Julians. The Mark Antony line was mixed
>with the Julian and would only exist through female survisors as well.
>Claudius himself had a daughter named Claudius Antonia who survived and
>likely
>as not had children. It has been a while since I reviewed that material,
>but
>it is a lot of fun.
>
>- Ken
>
>

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