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Marcus Antonius Antyllus (47 BC-30 BC) was the oldest child of Mark Antony by his third wife Fulvia. He was the older brother of Iullus Antonius, half-brother to Clodia Pulchra (First wife of Augustus) through his mother's first marriage, Antonia Major and Antonia Minor through his father's marriage to Octavia Minor and Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene and Ptolemy Philadelphus through his father's marriage to Cleopatra. He was stepbrother to Marcus Claudius Marcellus,Claudia Marcella Major and Claudia Marcella Minor, and stepson to Octavia Minor (Sister of Augustus) and Cleopatra. In his younger years, he was betrothed to Octavian's daughter Julia the Elder. After the alliance between his father and Octavian ended, the engagement was broken off. Octavian murdered him, in Alexandria in 30 BC.

In his short life, he was raised by his stepmothers Octavia Minor and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.

 


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