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By Jesse Redd
Marcus Antonius
He started his cursus
honorum as quaestor in
113 BC and in 102 BC
he was elected praetor
with proconsular
powers for the province
of Cilicia. During his
term, Antonius fought
the pirates with such
success that the
Senate voted a naval
triumph in his honor.
He was then elected
consul in 99 BC………..
Through his mother Julia
Antonia, he was a distant
cousin of Caesar. His
father died at a young
age, leaving him, and his
brothers, Lucius and
Gaius, to the care of his
mother. Julia Antonia, who
then married Publius
Cornelius Lentulus Sura, a
politician involved in and
executed during the
Catiline conspiracy of 63
BC.
Child Hood
82-81 BCE: Marcus Antonius was born
the son of a military commander and the
grandson of a noted Roman orator. His
mother was related to the family of the
Gaius Julius Caesare.
57-54 BCE: Antonius was a cavalry
commander for Roman military
operations in Egypt and Judea.
54-50 BCE: Antonius joined the military
staff of Julius Caesar for the Roman
conquest of central and northern Gaul.
51 BCE: Antonius became a quaestor in Roman
government. This office was concerned with
financial matters. This gave Antonius
membership in the Roman Senate.
49 BCE: Antonius becomes a tribune of the
people, an office with considerable political
power, include veto power over legislation
passed by the Senate. Civil war breaks out
between Caesar and his co-triumvir Pompey.
Antonius flees Rome as a result of serious
threats.
49-47 BCE: Caesar make Antonius Master of Horse,
military commander of the Roman military in Italy.
46 BCE: Caesar takes away Antonius' command
in Italy because of dissatisfaction with his rule.
44 BCE: Antonius is elected one of the two consuls of
Roman. This was the highest legal administrative office in
the Roman government. The actual power was in the hands
of Julius Caesar.
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44 BCE: On March 15th
Julius Caesar is
assassinated in the
Roman Senate by a cabal
of Roman Senators.
Caesar's wife, Calpurnia,
turns over Caesar's will,
papers and funds to
Antonius. Caesar's will
announces his adoption
of his sister's grandson,
Octavian, and makes him
heir to about three
quarters of his fortune.
The will also called for a
stipend to each citizen of
Rome.
Caesar's will called for games for the
entertainment of the public. Such things require
funds, but Marcus Antonius controls Caesar's funds
and refuses to grant Octavian access to those
funds. Octavian borrowed funds to comply with
Caesar's will and his efforts garnered public
support for Octavian. His efforts to fulfill Caesar's
will gains him considerable support among the
troops of Caesar
43 BCE: The Roman Senator and noted orator, Cicero,
denounces Antonius in 14 public speeches in the Senate.
These were known as the Philippics. Cicero repeatedly
announces pubically that Marcus Antonius should have
been assassinated along with Julius Caesar.
38 BCE: A lieutenant of Marcus Antonius wins
a decisive battle against the Parthians.
35-33 BCE: Octavian with Agrippa fights campaigns
in the Balkan peninsula. The formal powers of the
Triumvirate end in 33 BCE.
30 BCE: Octavian invades Egypt; Anthonius is told falsely
that Cleopatra has died. Antonius commits suicide and
Cleopatra follows suit in a tragic sequence of events
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