Marcus Antonius (l. 83-30 BCE, known popularly as Mark Antony) was a Roman general and statesman best known for his love affair with Cleopatra VII (l. c.69-30 BCE) of Egypt. As Julius Caesar's friend and right-hand man, he gave the funeral oration after Caesar's assassination which turned the tide of popular opinion against the assassins.
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83 BCE - 30 BCELife of Mark Antony, Roman general and statesman.
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c. 69 BCE - 12 Aug 30 BCELife of Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
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43 BCE - 36 BCESecond Triumvirate: Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus (official approval by the Roman Senate). Mass proscriptions including Cicero.
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42 BCEOctavian and Antony defeat Republicans under Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi (Greece).
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41 BCECleopatra meets Mark Antony in Tarsus. The Roman needs the Egyptian queen in his war against the Parthian Empire, and returns the rule of old Ptolemaic territories to her.
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41 BCECleopatra and Mark Antony meet at Tarsus.
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41 BCE - 31 BCEMark Antony of Rome allied with Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
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40 BCEMark Antony attacks Brundisium in southern Italy.
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39 BCEMark Antony sacks Samos.
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36 BCEMark Antony gives Crete as a gift to Cleopatra.
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34 BCEMark Antony celebrates an unofficial triumph in Alexandria following his victories in Armenia.
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31 BCEMark Antony and Cleopatra move to Greece, where they are isolated by Octavian's admiral Agrippa; although they are able to win a tactical victory and break out of their isolated position at Actium, the campaign is a distaster and Octavian is able to achieve control of the east.
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2 Sep 31 BCEThe Battle of Actium. Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.
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1 Aug 30 BCEAfter Octavian has declined to negotiate, Cleopatra reportedly commits suicide; Mark Antony stabs himself, only later finding Cleopatra still lives, and dies.
