Marcus Antonius

Reading notes

• The Annals §1.1 Antony

  Mark Antony the triumvir, defeated by Octavian at Actium.

• The Annals §2.2 drove out Antony

  Mark Antony, whose Parthian campaign failed.

• The Annals §2.43 grandfather Mark Antony

  The triumvir, Germanicus's maternal grandfather.

• The Annals §3.18 Mark Antony

  The triumvir, Augustus's rival, defeated at Actium in 31 BC; his name survived in the public records despite his war on the state.

• A Dialogue on Oratory §37 Antony

  Mark Antony, target of Cicero's Philippics.

• The Histories §3.24 Marcus Antonius

  Mark Antony the triumvir, whose disastrous Parthian campaign of 36 BC is invoked here as an old battle-honor of the Third legion.