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Michelle
Orton October 3, 2002
Honors 141
Mark Antony: Marcus Antonius
I. Historical Context
i. Time of Turmoil in Egypt and Rome
ii. Rising in power during a Roman political power struggle
iii. Member of the 2nd Triumvirate
iv. After death all of his children were raised by Octavia
v. His line ruled Rome for years
II. Biography
i. Born in 82 BC to Antonius Creticus
ii. 57-55 Distinguished himself as a cavalry commander
iii. 51 served quaestorship
iv. 49 he was tribune and was left in charge of Italy
v. 44 acted as counsul
vi. 43 - the 2nd Triumvirate with Octavian and Lepidus
vii. 42- Responsible for the defeat and suicide of Brutus and Cassius
viii. 41-40 Stayed in Alexandria, became lover with Cleopatra
ix. 40- Married Octavia
x. 38- left and eventually divorced her
xi. Married Cleopatra
xii. 32 - the Triumvirate officially ended
xiii. 31- Lost Battle of Actium
xiv. 30 BC Antony died by suicide, shortly before Cleopatra
III. Principle Sources
i. Mark Antony http://library.thinkquest.org/11402/bio_antony.html
ii. Dr. Gregory Daugherty, Professor of Classics, Randolph-Macon
College
iii. The Oxford Classical Dictionary p. 64
iv. Second Philippic Against Antony. Cicero : Selected Works. Grant.
Penguin Classics: Baltimore, 1960. 102-153.
v.
IV. Assessment of Character
i. Cicero:
a. dissipated youth
"Your bankruptcy, in early adolescence - do you remember that?
Your father's fault, you will say."
b. drunken slob
"You are a drink-sodden, sex-ridden wreck. Never a day passes
in that ill-reputed house of yours without orgies of the most repulsive
kind."
c. Forgery
ii. Great Military Leader
V. My Assessment
i. youthful indiscretions
ii. slob over exaggerated
iii. good guy gone bad
iv. generous:
a. Donations of Alexandria
VI. Relationship to Cleopatra
i. Subject of the most inquiry
ii. Was this a relationship of love?
iii. Was this a relationship of need?
iv. Father of her children
VII. Casting
i. Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do)
Married to Christina Applegate
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