 Atia herself had two sisters, not mentioned in the series, and was a cousin to general Pompey through her father.The real Atia would also have been considered plebeian, not patrician; however, like Caesar's mother Aurelia, this was of little importance during the late Republic when patricians were rather thin on the ground.Octavia and Octavian were both plebeian as well, but like Mark Antony, drew their status from their familial and political ties with Caesar.