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Mark Antony, or Marcus Antonius, was a Roman general and later politician. Antony served under Gaius Julius Caesar in Roman campaigns in Gaul (modern day France) and parts of Germany. Antony moved upwards in the ranks by proving himself an able military leader, eventually becoming a close friend of Caesar, despite Antony’s infamous temper. When Caesar initiated the Roman Republican civil war, Antony took his armies and joined Caesar. When Caesar won and became dictator of Rome, Antony was rewarded by being made Master of the Horse, a position that presided over the Senate, and even held the same powers as dictator when the dictator was not present. After Caesar’s death, Antony became a part of the Second Triumvirate, with Marcus Lepidus and Augustus Caesar. When that failed, Antony was pursued by the Roman government and Augustus, eventually taking refuge in Egypt with Cleopatra, the women he fell in love with. He stayed in Egypt with her, trying to amass an army of Egyptians and Julius Caesar’s veterans. Eventually, Augustus Caesar sent a fleet of ships to fight Antony and Cleopatra’s forces at the Battle of Actium. Antony’s fleet was almost completely decimated, and he fled. Tragically, Antony committed suicide under the mistaken impression that Cleopatra had already done the same thing (Or been killed by a Egyptian priest working for Augustus). Cleopatra, Antony’s lover, was allowed to administer his burial rites, and at the first possible opportunity, took her own life as well.
