Antonia (kidnapped by pirates)
Antonia was a daughter of Marcus Antonius the orator, who was the proconsul for the Roman province of Cilicia. She was abducted in Italy, during a visit to Misenum (modern Miseno), by the Cilician pirates with whom her father had so often clashed. Her freedom was obtained only on payment of a large ransom.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ Plutarch, Pompey 24
- ^ Tansey, Patrick (2010). "Antonia and the Pirates". The Classical Quarterly. 60 (2). Cambridge University Press: 656–658. JSTOR 40984840.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Antonia". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 209.