Scholars disagree on Julia Felix's upbringing and the ways in which she inherited the money needed to create a villa; some believe Julia Felix was a "low-born, illegitimate daughter of Spurius", others believe she was descended from imperial freedmen.
Scholars disagree about Julia Felix's ancestry and how she obtained the financial means to build a villa; some believe she was a "lowly-born, illegitimate child of Spurius", while others think she might be connected to imperial freedmen.