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{{short description|Daughter of Emperor Claudius (AD c.30-66)}}

| spousespouses = [[Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (husband of Claudia Antonia)|Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]]<br>[[Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix]]

Until 37, she was raised by her paternal grandmother [[Antonia Minor]] (who died that year). From then until 43, she was raised by her father, who became [[List of Roman emperors|Roman Emperor]] in 41. In 43, she first married [[Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (husband of Claudia Antonia)|Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]], a descendant of [[Pompeia (daughter of Pompey the Great)]]. His parents were consul [[Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi]] and [[Scribonia (daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo consul 16)|Scribonia]]. According to [[Suetonius]], Pompeius was stabbed to death severala few years later (AD 46/47), whenin hehis was caught inown bed, withalongside a favoritefavored boy. [[Cassius Dio]] states that Antonia's stepmother Empress [[Valeria Messalina]] ordered his execution out of fear that Pompeius might become a rival to her son [[Britannicus]]. The death of Pompeius left Antonia free to marry Messalina's half-brother [[Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix]].

Faustus Sulla and Antonia married in 47. They had a son who was frail and died before his second birthday. In 58, Faustus Sulla was exiled, and in 62 he was murdered at the order of the Emperor [[Nero]]. In 65, [[Tacitus]] records the rumour that [[Gaius Calpurnius Piso (conspirator)|Gaius Calpurnius Piso]] intended to marry Antonia, as an element of [[Pisonian conspiracy|his conspiracy against Nero]].

After the death of the Empress [[Poppaea Sabina]], Nero's second wife, [[Nero]] asked Antonia to marry him. When Antonia refused, Nero had her charged with an attempt of rebellion and executed. She was the last living grandchild of [[Nero Claudius Drusus]] and [[Antonia Minor]], from whom Nero also was descended but one generation more distantly (i.e., their great-[[grandchild]]).

Antonia briefly appears in [[Robert Graves]]' novel ''[[Claudius the God]]'',. inIn the story, she reveals that her first marriage with Gnaeus Pompey was never properly consummated in the two years they lived together,; instead, he forced her to take part in unnatural sexual practices. Claudius, outraged by this mistreatment of his daughter, orders Pompey's death (the only moment that he orders death for personal grievances). Antonia is surprised by this act, as she thought her father cared more for his children with Messalina. Antonia and Pompey are omitted entirely in the [[I, Claudius (TV series)|1976 television adaptation]].

* [http://www.kleio.org/de/geschichte/jc_dynastie/antonia4.html Various portraits of Claudia Antonia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072937/http://www.kleio.org/de/geschichte/jc_dynastie/antonia4.html |date=2014-10-06 }}

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