Julia Minor (grandmother of Augustus)
Julia Minor was the second of two daughters of Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia. She was an elder sister of the dictator Julius Caesar, and the maternal grandmother of Rome's first emperor Augustus.
Biography
Bona Dea scandal
It is not known if it was the elder or the younger of the dictator's sisters who gave evidence against Publius Clodius Pulcher when he was impeached for impiety in 61 BC. Julia and her mother gave the legal courts a detailed account of the affair he had with Pompeia, Julius Caesar's wife. Caesar divorced Pompeia over the scandal.Marriage and offspring
Julia married Marcus Atius Balbus, a praetor and commissioner who came from a senatorial family of plebeian status. Julia bore him three daughters and possibly a son named Marcus Atius Balbus. The second daughter was the mother of Octavia Minor and of Rome’s first Emperor Augustus. Her youngest daughter was the wife of Lucius Marcius Philippus, and they had a daughter named Marcia.Another Atia, who may have been her granddaughter through her son may have been married to Gaius Junius Silanus. This Atia was the mother of Gaius Junius Silanus who became consul in AD 10. Sons of Silanus were Appius Junius Silanus, Decimus Junius Silanus and Marcus Junius Silanus.
Balbus died in 51 BC along with Julia. At age 12, Octavius, her youngest grandson, the future Emperor Augustus, delivered her funeral oration.