mark antony

Marcus Antonius (latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N) (c. January 14, 83 BC – August 1, 30 BC), known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician an general. He was an important supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator. After Caesar's assassination, Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian (Augustus) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate.

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To make up for damage Julius Caesar did to the library, this man gave Cleopatra 200,000 manuscripts
Though he was married to Octavia, he caroused with Cleopatra
Caesar's lieutenant in Gaul, he was miffed that Caesar made Octavian his heir & not him
He gave his kids by Cleopatra much of the land once ruled by Alexander the Great; his co-rulers & rivals were not pleased
When naming this member of the 2nd triumvirate, don't add an "H" to his last name or you're talking about J. Lo's hubby
By late 32 B.C., he had divorced his wife Octavia for an Egyptian lady; ex-brother-in-law Octavian declared war on him
"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him"
In 1963 Richard Burton played this Roman on the big screen
Cleopatra:"Leave the fishing-rod...to us poor sovereigns of Pharos...your game is cities, provinces & kingdoms"
He took his own life after receiving a false report that Cleopatra was already dead--oops!
In Shakespeare's" Julius Caesar", this man begins his eulogy of Caesar, "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."
In 31 B.C. a huge Roman fleet led by Augustus & Agrippa defeated the fleets of Cleopatra & this man at Actium
In the Forum in 44 B.C., he gave a rousing speech that may have begun, "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."
40 B.C.:Cleopatra(don't think again)
With the defeat of this man at Actium in 31 B.C., Octavian had full control of the Roman Empire
By Jove, kids, it was around 41 B.C. when your mother sailed up the Cydnus in a barge, dressed as Venus

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