HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARC ANTONY ( Marcus Anotnius )

HAPPY  2102 th. BIRTHDAY TO MARC ANTONY MEMBER OF THE 2ND. TRIUMVIRATE  *

Roman male portrait bust, so-called Marcus Antonius. Fine-grained yellowish marble. Flavian age (69—96 A.D.). Rome, Vatican Museums, Chiaramonti Museum.

* The Triumvirate consisted of Antony, Marcus Lepidus and Caesar’s great nephew and adopted son, Octavian.  The thee shared ruling the Roman Republic after the death of Julius Caesar.

Antony was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from an oligarchy into the autocratic Roman Empire.  He was a supporter of Julius Caesar.  The Triumvirs defeated Caesar’s murderers.

Antony had 5 “spouses,” including the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.  He had 8 childern.  Cleopatra was mother of three of his children.

Eventually the Triumvirate split and battled with each other. Octaviau got the Roman Senate to declare war on Cleopatra, accusing  Antony as a traitor.  Octavian defeated Antony in the Battle of Actium.  Antony and Cleopatra fled to Egypt  where they both  committed suicide.

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