| 单词 | Mark Antony |
| 例句 | It is possible that in spite of Octavia’s generous and gentle spirit, Mark Antony had never stopped thinking about Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As Octavian’s guards took up their positions at the city gates, Mark Antony retreated. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was well aware of how highly the Greeks regarded Mark Antony and how fondly they remembered Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In it, Cleopatra asked that her body be buried next to Mark Antony’s. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed to be with the woman he loved. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s troops soundly defeated the Republican general who had been connected to Cassius. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Request Denied Mark Antony had his sights set on Parthia—long an archenemy of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Many assumed that Mark Antony would claim Caesar’s power for himself because Octavian lacked experience. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Critics said that Mark Antony’s failure stemmed from having waited too long to get started or from leaving the fight too early. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian’s Fury While Mark Antony and Cleopatra hosted lavish parties for their allies in Greece, Octavian struggled in Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Instead of blocking Octavian’s troop ships as planned, Mark Antony’s warships sailed to defend supply stations that were under siege. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Aftermath After the deaths of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Octavian changed his name to Augustus Caesar and assumed sole power as emperor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The pair had a heated encounter, and then Mark Antony left to try to save his position in the Triumvirate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Roman historians who later reported on the events at Actium were quick to blame Cleopatra for Mark Antony’s loss. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Not only did Mark Antony hold the traditional Roman ceremony on foreign soil, he presented the war spoils to Cleopatra instead of to the people of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony and Cleopatra divided their time between discussing military plans and tactics and enjoying the merrymaking in their honor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She suggested that Mark Antony and his friends come dine with her on board her vessel instead. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony sent his plan for governing the east to Rome, hoping that the senate would give its approval. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had studied public speaking in Athens as a young man and had developed a keen appreciation for the Greek customs practiced throughout the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At that moment, Mark Antony learned a valuable lesson. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Mark Antony needed all the encouragement Cleopatra could give him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They went out of their way to make sure that Mark Antony was not seriously hurt during these nighttime antics. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her future depended both on Mark Antony’s success and his devotion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony rowed from ship to ship, giving last minute instructions as his fleet got underway. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony Fights Back While Cleopatra prepared to go into hiding, Mark Antony pulled himself together to fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s navy joined Octavian’s fleet and attacked the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It could not have been a more inconvenient time for Mark Antony to drop everything and arrange to go to Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the hot summer dragged on, morale and strength began to break down in Mark Antony’s camp. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Historians suggest that Mark Antony planned for Cleopatra to set sail for safety if she had the chance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had threatened to take control of every Roman—just as she had taken control of Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Rome Divided Instead of launching military campaigns to gain territory, Octavian and Mark Antony focused on attacking one another. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Further evidence of Cleopatra’s hold on Mark Antony came to light when Octavian read what was reported to be a copy of Mark Antony’s will. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the Parthians reclaimed old territory, many of Mark Antony’s troops switched their loyalty to the stronger side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony would have taken his life if his friends had not intervened. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Octavian’s troops moved to the outskirts of Alexandria, Mark Antony launched an assault that temporarily forced the Romans to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian knew full well that Mark Antony, having announced his marriage to Egypt’s queen, would never agree to attend. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of time before the verbal battles between Octavian and Mark Antony became more deadly. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s behavior in Alexandria stirred up Rome’s long-standing contempt for Cleopatra and her exotic ways. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony was on the march in the footsteps of Alexander. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavia behaved as an exemplary Roman wife in spite of Mark Antony’s appalling conduct. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The ships were left over from those that Mark Antony had given to Octavian the year before. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, on the other hand, acted merely as the queen’s guest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At that moment, Cleopatra’s secretary arrived and told Mark Antony that the queen was still alive. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian pointed out that Mark Antony could now raise armies and reward his veterans with land from his own territories instead of needing to come to Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony traded his Roman clothes for the Greek style of dress that Alexandrians favored, and he was soon taking full advantage of the wealth and privilege Cleopatra enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was a key player in Mark Antony’s master plan for finally gaining total control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s Suicide When Mark Antony arrived at the palace, news reached him that Cleopatra was dead. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Standoff Mark Antony, forced to take action, tried to engage Octavian’s forces in battle, but Octavian refused to fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Judging by her previous associations with Caesar... she hoped to conquer Mark Antony even more easily.' Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had to find out what Cleopatra’s role had been in the recent chaos that rocked the Republic. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She made sure that Mark Antony caught her weeping whenever he crossed paths with her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fleeing Back to Egypt As the Romans chose sides between Mark Antony, Octavian, and Marcus Lepidus, the Republic was once again plunged into civil war. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Appian According to legend, Mark Antony hosted a magnificent feast for Cleopatra and waited for praise from Egypt’s powerful queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony tried and failed to hold off the western advance, losing forty vessels out of what little was left of his fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony then gave the two of them power over Egypt, the western and southern portion of Syria, and Cyprus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To get started, she had Mark Antony arrange the marriage of their son Alexander Helios to the daughter of the Armenian king. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Both Mark Antony and Cleopatra must have realized the strength of their combined political power as their personal feelings for each other took hold. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At last, in the spring of 40 BCE, Mark Antony’s neglect put Rome’s eastern territory in danger. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fleeing from the Enemy From behind Mark Antony’s line, Cleopatra anxiously watched the events unfold. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony turned his attention to the Roman holdings in the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Without hesitation, she drank the mixture and then flashed Mark Antony a victorious smile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If Mark Antony rejected her, all of Rome would be watching. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They urged Mark Antony to send Cleopatra back to Egypt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian would receive 120 of Mark Antony’s ships to add to his fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Caesar had been planning to invade Parthia at the time of his death, and Mark Antony made Caesar’s mission his own. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony thought he could easily conquer Octavian’s inferior forces. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fortune-tellers said that it was the god Dionysus, departing from Alexandria and leaving Mark Antony behind. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Four Nights When Mark Antony and his men boarded the barge that evening, they found a lavish banquet arrayed before them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They looked upon Mark Antony as their kind-hearted patron, bringing joy and goodwill to his subjects. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the summer of 32 BCE, Mark Antony formally divorced Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, news of Actium had traveled quickly across the sea, prompting Mark Antony’s commanders to pledge their loyalty to Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Coins minted in the city at the time showed Mark Antony and Octavia on one side and symbols of religious rites on the other. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s Parthian expedition proved to be a disaster. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Reunited Once he reached Antioch, Mark Antony’s first order of business was to send for Cleopatra, and this time, she readily complied. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed to agree to certain conditions and meet certain demands if he expected to have her full cooperation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Instead of gloating over Mark Antony’s failure in Media, Octavian praised Mark Antony’s efforts and shared the glory, pretending that both of them were victors. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Troops on land stood by to engage Octavian’s army once Mark Antony’s ships broke through the blockade. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He would also receive Parthia from the western frontier to India just as soon as Mark Antony gained control of it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Building an Army and Navy In restoring Cleopatra’s lands, Mark Antony was as practical as he was generous. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Citizens of Rome renewed their hatred toward Cleopatra and their resentment of her influence over Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z During their brief stay, Mark Antony learned the extent of his defeat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the fighting raged on, Octavian proceeded to destroy the rest of Mark Antony’s fleet, sinking all but a small number of his ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Cassius Dio In April of 32 BCE, Mark Antony and Cleopatra traveled from Ephesus to the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony may have meant to spend at least some of his time planning the Parthian expedition, but he did not get the chance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Rumors circulated about Mark Antony’s inability to think for himself thanks to Cleopatra’s power over him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony landed in the southernmost region of Italy with a fleet of troops. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra urged Mark Antony to run the blockade and break through to freedom. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Admirers hailed Mark Antony as “the new Dionysus,” named for the Greek god of wine and foolishness. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even though it was a political match, it was widely held that if anyone could win Mark Antony’s heart, Octavia could. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When it came to enjoying all the richness that life had to offer, Mark Antony and Cleopatra truly had no equals. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She executed opponents caught gloating over the beating she and Mark Antony suffered. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She would convince Mark Antony that she fully supported Rome and respected the authority of the Triumvirate, even though for her, Egypt’s best interests always came first. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The commander in Cyrenaica not only refused to see Mark Antony, but also he executed the soldiers sent to arrange the meeting, as well as any of his own men who objected to his tactics. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The movement of Mark Antony’s ships caused confusion in the center of the line. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She could not afford for Mark Antony to lose the battle. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the weeks dragged on, Mark Antony grew more and more depressed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Whatever Mark Antony wished to pursue at any given moment, Cleopatra gladly provided. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her efforts to support Mark Antony became more and more critical as Octavian’s power grew in the west. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian would govern the west, including the parts of Gaul that had been under Mark Antony’s control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s troops that had been camped in Syria lacked organization and leadership. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z During the day, Cleopatra arranged all kinds of activities and diversions meant to keep Mark Antony amused, and she never left his side for a moment. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony toured his newly acquired territories to introduce himself as the ruling authority representing Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony summoned Cleopatra to Tarsus to answer for her conduct. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even Mark Antony’s most faithful supporters criticized his behavior, but Octavia still refused to say anything bad about him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What’s more, bigamy could now be added to Mark Antony’s many shortcomings. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z According to Octavian, this was ongoing proof of Cleopatra’s evil power over Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian used Mark Antony’s actions to keep stirring up trouble. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony directed athletic events held in his honor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian did not want to burn Mark Antony’s fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Combining resources with Mark Antony would allow Cleopatra to make her son’s future secure. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra, Iras, and Charmion used ropes to lift Mark Antony through a window. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s comical explanation of his shortcomings amused the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even so, there were still those in the Senate who supported Mark Antony over Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Would Mark Antony cave in to the sweet charms of his Roman wife? Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They objected because Mark Antony’s soldiers were not given an equal share, and they wanted to generate hostility toward Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Except for Parthia, which Mark Antony had yet to conquer, most of the lands Mark Antony gave to Cleopatra and their children fell under Cleopatra’s authority already. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This noble remark shows the faith she put in Mark Antony’s leadership and might. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she would have been glad that the division of Rome had turned out well for Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The outpost fell quickly into Octavian’s hands, breaking Mark Antony’s chain at a critical point and disrupting his communication and supply route. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She not only convinced Mark Antony that she should stay, she talked him into letting her lead her own fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had his servants carry him to Cleopatra’s mausoleum to say a final good-bye. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Together she and Mark Antony would work toward a common goal to fulfill their common destiny. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This could only mean that Mark Antony intended to move the capital from Rome to Egypt if the Republic fell into his hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Extravagant Pleasures Shortly after Mark Antony’s arrival, he and Cleopatra formed a club called “The Order of the Inimitable Life.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, there is evidence that she encouraged Mark Antony’s military ambition and never lost sight of his political strength and his ultimate goals. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The extensive cedar, cypress, and oak groves now belonging to her would provide the raw materials that Mark Antony required. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Cassius Dio In the spring of 34 BCE, Mark Antony again set out from Syria on a journey to conquer the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When word reached Octavian that Mark Antony was dead, he feared that Cleopatra would kill herself or burn up her treasury or both. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As Mark Antony and Cleopatra made their way north from Patras to Actium, they were not worried. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony could not very well contradict this statement without admitting that he actually had suffered a crushing defeat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In a brief campaign, Mark Antony’s troops reclaimed parts of Syria that had fallen into Parthian hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As his support eroded, Octavian lashed out against Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony liked nothing better than to have a good time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had to prevent Mark Antony and Octavia’s meeting from taking place. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She reminded Mark Antony of the long and mutually beneficial relationship the Ptolemies and Rome enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Outrage in Rome Mark Antony expected the Romans to see that his actions strengthened his master plan for successfully ruling the east on Rome’s behalf. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Mark Antony landed at the city of Tyre on the Mediterranean coast, reports from the battlefield revealed a bad situation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Of all the states that fell under the influence of Rome, Mark Antony needed Egypt’s resources the most. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had long hoped that Mark Antony would cut his ties with Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Mark Antony finally did order Cleopatra to go home to Alexandria and wait for him there, she persuaded him to reconsider. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z With their forces assembled and in place, Mark Antony and Cleopatra confidently settled in at Patras for the winter and waited for the war to come to them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At the end of July, Mark Antony completed his preparations for a full-scale attack on Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She would support Mark Antony in all he did without trying to control or upstage him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavia would expect to accompany Mark Antony and their children living in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Donations of Alexandria hurt Mark Antony’s reputation and caused a lot of ill will in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In return, he would send Mark Antony 20,000 troops to continue the Parthian expedition. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Creating a Supply Chain By the fall of 32 BCE, Mark Antony and Cleopatra had moved their base of operation to the coastal city of Patras near the Gulf of Corinth. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony asked to be allowed to stay in Egypt or move to Athens. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was located on a narrow strait leading into a bay that was large enough to hold Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It probably did not take much for Mark Antony to determine what was best for him and what course of action he should take. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Plutarch The Parthians were not about to wait for Mark Antony to challenge them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had traded ships for men and needed to rebuild his fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Within a very short time, Mark Antony joined Cleopatra in Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Having established their defensive line, Mark Antony and Cleopatra sent a majority of their troops north to Actium to extend the chain. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If Mark Antony did not feel that his role was compromised by Cleopatra’s royal presence, his loyal supporters did. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Keeping silent, she continued to live in Mark Antony’s home and to raise all of his children from his various marriages. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In 37 BCE, Mark Antony again traveled to Italy to meet with Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s outlook soon changed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony sent word to her, inviting her to join him for dinner. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian pointed out Mark Antony’s faults and failings: Look at the shabby way he had treated Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian did not want to appear to go to war against Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Public sympathy sided with the patient and true Octavia, Mark Antony’s wronged wife. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony may have spared no expense, but Cleopatra could not be outdone. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony clearly could no longer live without her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What’s more, only a handful of Octavian’s ships were needed at the mouth of the strait to keep Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet trapped in the bay. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Tested Loyalty Fine wine, delicious food, endless pampering, and growing affection did not completely distract Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The attraction between Mark Antony and Cleopatra was immediate and strong. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A Small Victory When Mark Antony returned to Alexandria in the fall of 34 BCE, he returned as the victor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s hold on Mark Antony may indeed have been very powerful. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He offered to send Mark Antony part of his fleet and 2,000 troops to help him complete the Parthian campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In Tyre, Mark Antony received a letter from his wife, Fulvia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It is likely that both Cleopatra and Mark Antony tried to strike a deal with Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony stopped off in Cyrenaica to begin planning a land battle in Asia Minor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If the agreement was not renewed, Mark Antony would automatically lose his power as head of the eastern part of the Republic without any action or force on Octavian’s part. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He could simply wait for Mark Antony’s supplies to run out. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Others suggest that gathering resources for Mark Antony simply took time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed money to pay his men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The celebration appealed to many of Mark Antony’s weaknesses besides his inability to pass up a good party. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In preparing for the sea battle, Mark Antony burned all but sixty of Cleopatra’s ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The stakes were small compared with the grand scale expedition Mark Antony had hoped to wage against Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Cassius Dio On the morning of August 1, 30 BCE, Mark Antony assembled his troops to face Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Others said she was selfish, and that in the face of danger, she acted in her own best interests with no regard for Mark Antony or his men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra sent her soldiers to guard strongholds on Egypt’s borders, expecting Mark Antony’s troops to engage Octavian on land, but Mark Antony no longer had an army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra agreed to make her wealth and resources available to Mark Antony in his bid to overtake Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian called Mark Antony’s behavior disgusting and outrageous. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She wept over Mark Antony’s body, clawing at her skin and tearing her hair. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He then marched on Mark Antony’s camp at Actium, overtaking his troops, seizing his equipment, and scattering his allies. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Whether Mark Antony figured this out on his own or was helped by Cleopatra and her emotional outburst is impossible to say. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, a brilliant general who served under Caesar, took on Caesar’s duties as head of state. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They believed that Mark Antony would not support Caesarion’s right to rule over that of his own flesh and blood. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She was helping Mark Antony develop a strategy for governing the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To keep them on his side, Mark Antony issued a coin in Rome that depicted himself with his eldest son, Antyllus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In order to expand her borders, she wanted Mark Antony to get rid of him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s End On August 12, Cleopatra asked to visit Mark Antony’s tomb, a request that Octavian granted. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, whenever Octavian’s ships drew close, Mark Antony’s soldiers attacked with poles and battle-axes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, ready to redirect his attention to the Parthian campaign, moved his family to Athens to set up his headquarters. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Bargaining with Octavian As Mark Antony sailed for Italy, Cleopatra had every reason to celebrate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As critical as the situation was in Syria, Mark Antony had to deal with Rome first. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A Marriage to Seal the Alliance To seal the accord with Octavian and prove his loyalty to Rome, Mark Antony—who was newly and conveniently single— agreed to marry Octavian’s sister, Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony may have appreciated her insight and needed her support, but he probably did not like being upstaged by her as he followed her procession through the streets of Ephesus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Eros raised his sword, but instead of stabbing Mark Antony, he stabbed himself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony and Cleopatra were its two main members, along with an exclusive, select group of Alexandrians. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She returned to Alexandria to resume her place on the throne and waited for Mark Antony to come to her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In a move that historians cannot explain, Mark Antony immediately left his command when he saw Cleopatra’s fleet break free. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony loved women, and among women, Cleopatra had no equal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s absence gave Octavian another chance to remind Rome of Cleopatra’s spell. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian knew that strengthening the east and having access to Egypt’s resources made Mark Antony a serious threat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Rumors of plots and conspiracies calling for the death of both Cleopatra and Mark Antony had been circulating for months. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The marriage bond that Cleopatra wanted for herself was about to tie Mark Antony to the power of her archrival in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s army set up camp on the south side of the strait. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However they were only as secure as Mark Antony’s position in Rome and her favor with him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra anticipated this discussion, and she undoubtedly had her version of events eloquently prepared so that she could give compelling answers to all of Mark Antony’s questions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The battle earned him a small victory, and Mark Antony returned to Alexandria and to Cleopatra in triumph. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had brought Caesar to ruin and would do the same to Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony realized that once he reclaimed the regions that the Parthians had seized, he needed to find a way to hold onto them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Republican troops that fought with Cassius had joined forces with the Parthians; so had many of the local kings who were once friendly to Mark Antony’s cause. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The news of Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s wedding shocked the Romans. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z War was declared on Cleopatra, but in fact the declaration was aimed at Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Those that were not part of the restored Ptolemaic Empire were not really Mark Antony’s to give in the first place. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The queen believed that kinship would strengthen their bond and ensure Mark Antony’s devotion to her cause. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony marked the occasion by hosting what might be his final banquet, drinking and feasting in the light-hearted, easy-going manner that characterized more carefree days. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fighting for Mark Antony’s Affection In the spring of 35 BCE, Mark Antony received word that Octavia was on her way to meet him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra would cheer for Mark Antony as he scuffled good-naturedly with rowdy toughs. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It protected the sea-lanes so that Mark Antony’s supply ships could travel safely between Egypt and Greece. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian capitalized on Mark Antony’s rejection of his respectable Roman wife. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She may have been inspired by her love for Mark Antony, unwilling to bear being away from him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To make Cleopatra believe that he intended to show her compassion, Octavian allowed her to bury Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Moved by such devotion and such courage, Mark Antony picked up the sword and plunged it into his stomach. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As a peace offering, Mark Antony transferred several of King Herod’s cities in Judea to Cleopatra’s control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s marriage to Octavia in 40 BCE gave the people of Rome a reason to celebrate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The men represented only a fraction of the number Octavian had previously promised to Mark Antony but had never supplied. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He had finished shouting the whole of Mark Antony’s speech and most of Lochinvar before he realized that he had lost his audience. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A Life of Fun and Frolic In Alexandria, Mark Antony and Cleopatra happily picked up where they had left off in Tarsus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s Capture The aide had a messenger distract Cleopatra by the door while he climbed a ladder and entered through the same window used to admit Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They placed it in a sacred temple near the center of the city next to a statue of Mark Antony as the new Dionysus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Contempt from Rome To outsiders—especially Romans—it seemed likely that Cleopatra manipulated Mark Antony in order to keep him under her closely supervised control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He wanted to lure Mark Antony’s ships farther out into the open water where they could more easily be surrounded. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the winter, Mark Antony contacted Cleopatra from White Village, a fishing port on the Mediterranean coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Late in 38 BCE, Octavian called a meeting and insisted that Mark Antony attend. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony went along with the sham, but it cost him dearly. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z With Cleopatra’s help and the support of the allies, Mark Antony raised an army of more than 100,000 men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This tactic meant that Cleopatra would either have to leave her fleet and travel with Mark Antony or be separated from Mark Antony to lead her fleet by herself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Making Final Arrangements The reunion at the palace between Cleopatra and Mark Antony must have been bittersweet when he finally returned to her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, Mark Antony’s men would not back down, leaving Octavian no other choice. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As relations with Mark Antony broke down, Cicero moved to open condemnation, delivering no fewer than fourteen Philippics* denouncing Antony. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z For example, after a night of drinking, she and Mark Antony often dressed as beggars. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Although he already had a wife in Rome, Mark Antony married Cleopatra in an Egyptian ceremony that overlooked his marriage to Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At the battle on October 3, Brutus beat Octavian, but Cassius lost to Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He wanted the Romans to believe that in the Donations of Alexandria Mark Antony had given his vast holdings, present and future, to Egypt—a foreign power—and had not given the Romans anything. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z All along the way, Mark Antony took the opportunity to collect gifts, tributes, and revenues and happily mixed business with pleasure. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As before, Cleopatra provided the extravagance, luxury, and excitement that Mark Antony adored. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Before Mark Antony could solicit help from Egypt, he needed to ascertain Cleopatra’s allegiance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Two Wives Cleopatra was only too glad to resume her romantic alliance with Mark Antony and to form a political alliance as well. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Cleopatra finally arrived to take Mark Antony and the survivors back to Alexandria, she found the soldiers in rags and Mark Antony in despair. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Donations of Alexandria A few days after his triumphant procession, Mark Antony invited all of Alexandria to join in a public ceremony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Aside from his personal feelings, it is likely that Mark Antony realized he could never hope to carry out his Parthian campaign strategy without Egypt as his ally. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After lengthy discussions about how to redistribute power and land, Octavian and Mark Antony reached a compromise. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She must have waited for news of Mark Antony’s glorious victory with great anticipation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony told her to send the provisions on to Syria and go back to Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fulvia and Mark Antony’s brother, Lucius Antonius, took sides against Octavian, but their complaint had nothing to do with whether or not Octavian’s policy was fair. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Herod would soon be in a position to help Mark Antony’s cause, and Antony needed to be able to count on him when the time came. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Plutarch While Mark Antony was holding court at the marketplace in Tarsus and awaiting Cleopatra’s arrival, word spread that the queen was approaching. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her servants confided in Mark Antony, saying that Cleopatra would take her own life if he left her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Early in the afternoon, one of Mark Antony’s commanders finally grew impatient. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Anything that dimmed Mark Antony’s popularity or clouded his reputation played right into Octavian’s hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She needed to stabilize her position in order to help support Mark Antony’s faltering efforts. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As Cleopatra sailed on the Cydnus, Mark Antony’s audience deserted him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She explained that in his absence, she and his brother had launched a revolt against Octavian, a conflict that could destroy Mark Antony’s position in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Either way, many people felt that Cleopatra’s spell over Mark Antony clouded his ability to make sound decisions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony’s oration over the body of Caesar. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was also held responsible for Mark Antony’s desertion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The next night Cleopatra hosted a superb banquet, but Mark Antony must have felt confident. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In her dreams, Cleopatra could imagine the ironclad grip she and Mark Antony would have on the eastern world. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, dressed as the god Dionysus-Osiris, wore Greek robes and a crown of ivy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Romans who had been loyal to Mark Antony for so long felt angry and cheated, but it was nothing compared with the betrayal to come. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Expecting to engage with Octavian, Mark Antony needed to pull his army and navy together. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It seemed, he did not need to meet with Mark Antony after all. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This agreement enabled Mark Antony to take up arms again and finish what he so disastrously started. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Plutarch Mark Antony intended to continue his journey and visit the rest of the eastern provinces under his domain. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Mark Antony caught up with Cleopatra and boarded her vessel. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Forging a union with Cleopatra implied that Mark Antony— already known as the new Dionysus—was divine, too. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony made sure that Cleopatra received the most heavily forested parts of the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even so, Mark Antony managed to get to Italy as directed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian’s Agenda In September of 36 BCE, while Mark Antony struggled in the snows of the eastern frontier, Octavian was celebrating. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had to do something to break the deadlock. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra provided a lifestyle that was tailor-made to suit Mark Antony’s cheerful, carefree nature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Start of the Battle Once it sailed out of the strait, Mark Antony’s fleet held a tight formation facing Octavian’s fleet of 400 ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Any contact with Mark Antony would be on her terms. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Whether Cleopatra went to Mark Antony as soon as she could is open to debate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony would need the support from both dependent and independent provinces across the region to launch such an ambitious campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra traveled with Mark Antony as far as the Euphrates River. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z With everyone assembled, Mark Antony and Cleopatra sat overlooking the crowd. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony could expect these kings to be loyal to him as the presiding ruler. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Early in 36 BCE, Mark Antony sent an advance force into Armenia to conquer the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s boyish charm helped set an informal tone that marked how he and Cleopatra would communicate with each other. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony settled there in order to prepare for his next big conquest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s trusted general advised him to march north and challenge Octavian to a major confrontation in Macedonia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Ray Fearon's Mark Antony has a wonderfully dangerous charisma but could make more use of a middle-register in his manipulation of the mob. Julius Caesar – review 2012-06-07T00:13:00Z That role, in turn, gives the earthy and robust Darrell D’Silva, the company’s latest Mark Antony, the opportunity to play a visionary living on “the edges of the air.” Theater Review: At the National Theatre in London, Other People's Pain 2011-05-03T13:00:07Z Vitruvius was the builder who turned Mark Antony's capital into marbled Augustan Rome. Leo Hollis's top 10 books about cities 2013-04-26T07:37:40Z Trying to escape the assassination ordered by Mark Antony, Rome’s great orator takes ship only to find himself pursued by an eerie flock of crows. ‘The Age of Caesar’: A fresh look at the key players in a time of historic unrest 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z When Caesar was assassinated in Rome, she embarked on a 13-year affair with Mark Antony that lasted until their suicides in 30BC. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z And as for who gets to play Mark Antony, my hunch is that our very own Dominic West will climb into the Roman tunic and Ralph Fiennes will play Cleo's former lover Julius Caesar. Angelina Jolie: Hollywood won't be the same without her 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z We first meet his devoted ally, Mark Antony, played with bloody-minded machismo by Darrell D’Silva, when he storms onstage only to stagger off to vomit after a night of debauchery. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z Taking its title from Mark Antony’s speech over the slain Caesar in “Julius Caesar,” it intercuts Mr. Wolfert’s own memories with text borrowed from Shakespeare. Using Shakespeare to Ease the Trauma of War 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z She fell, hard, for her rugged co-star Richard Burton, playing Mark Antony, despite the fact both were married to other people. Elizabeth Taylor: born to be Cleopatra 2011-03-23T19:59:58Z Mark Antony sarcastically repeats the taunt that Brutus is “an honourable man” after Brutus murders Caesar. Double-plus effective 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z As Mark Antony, Ray Fearon ripples with eloquence and is quite comically persuasive: he makes you aware of his manipulation even as he cajoles – and in doing so makes you the more manipulated. Julius Caesar; The Physicists; Wah! Wah! Girls – review 2012-06-09T23:08:07Z They meet, and the rest is history, as the tempestuous love affair of Mark Antony and Cleopatra combusts into betrayal, treachery and suicide, and a battle for geopolitical domination. Local shows of note: 'Antony and Cleopatra,' Tom Lehrer tunes, Mexico City troupe 2012-11-02T14:31:04Z She tells the story of Fulvia, the wife of Mark Antony, who visited the corpse of Cicero, who had poisonously inveighed against her husband. From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z After Mark Antony commits suicide, a grief-stricken Cleopatra summons Sekhmet, goddess of death and destruction. Local books: Cleopatra as vampire, plus histories of the E.coli outbreak and an elite Army Air Force unit 2011-05-23T20:56:06Z Darrell D'Silva has also enriched his portrait of Mark Antony as a beefy boozer by suggesting that he actively relishes the slippery rhetoric by which he manages to win over the Roman people. Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-11T21:30:00Z Cicero’s beloved daughter and grandson die, for example, and subsequently assassins arrive to saw off the statesman’s head and hands; Mark Antony’s wife then attacked his severed tongue with needles. ‘On Consolation’ Searches for Solace in the Face of Grief and Misery 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z But I can’t remember, do Mark Antony and Julius Caesar hook up in that play? Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed 2013-09-12T18:18:17Z Warmly satisfying is this version’s portrayal of a mature love between Cleopatra and her Mark Antony, played as a warrior spent from all the battle-testing by the rough-hewn Clive Wood. In London, stages are set for pleasure Jumbo, who plays Mark Antony, talks as if she's been let off the leash. Can an all-women Julius Caesar work? 2012-11-19T19:18:27Z He submerges us in the centre of the story; like the crowd in the forum listening to Mark Antony, we are swayed by each competing argument. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z The Hellenistic period spans nearly 300 years, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to Augustus Caesar's triumph over Cleopatra and Mark Antony in 31 BC. The paradox of 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty: Disasters rescued these ancient bronzes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Roman writers also posthumously painted her as nothing more than a cold-hearted seductress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Philly hosts world premiere of Cleopatra exhibit 2010-06-04T20:09:00Z The actors respond with oddly variable performances – seen most striking in Darrell de Silva's two versions of Mark Antony. Are the RSC ensemble's glory days over? 2011-02-01T17:32:55Z Cyril Nri's energetically troubled Cassius, who has to be restrained from giving Mark Antony a stab, goes bare-breasted through the storm. Julius Caesar; The Physicists; Wah! Wah! Girls – review 2012-06-09T23:08:07Z In 1962 he played Mark Antony in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Julius Caesar.” Richard Roat, Seen on ‘Cheers,’ ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 89 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The great speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony at Caesar’s funeral were addressed to the chorus, which responded with volatile moods: aroused, becalmed, confused, manipulated. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Even Cleopatra is simply a bit player in the greater drama of Roman politics during the time of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Review | ‘The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith’ toppled the standardized Great Man tradition of biography 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Taylor met Burton while playing the title role in the 1963 epic, in which the brooding, womanizing Welsh actor co-starred as Mark Antony. Quintessential star Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 2011-03-24T10:32:15Z As Mark Antony orates over Caesar’s casket, Barry McEvoy slyly lathers them up, but even this famed sequence is a thin-skinned blitz. Review | Shakespeare’s ‘Caesar’ and Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ miss big 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Mark Antony would appear to be a maverick officer of the French imperial army. Theater Review: An ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Set in the Caribbean 2014-03-06T03:00:17Z When Mark Antony repeatedly speaks about "men of honour", he talks the language of the mob. Caesar Must Die – review 2013-03-03T00:07:05Z And while he was unlikely to have been a slave to his love for Cleopatra, as various chroniclers assert, the truth was that, wherever Mark Antony went, sexual charm inevitably followed. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z Hawass, whom visitors may recognize from his appearances on archaeological documentaries, describes in a brief video his quest for the lost tomb of Cleopatra and her lover, the Roman general Mark Antony. Philly hosts world premiere of Cleopatra exhibit 2010-06-04T20:09:00Z While Plutarch admires, more or less, Pompey’s martial prowess, Caesar’s single-mindedness and Brutus’s patriotism, he shows clear contempt for Mark Antony. ‘The Age of Caesar’: A fresh look at the key players in a time of historic unrest 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z There are unidentified storyboards that may relate to a film about Caesar that never got off the ground, but which was to have starred Richard Burton as Mark Antony. Brush with genius: the hidden talent of Orson Welles 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Mark Antony's famous "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech has long been admired as a masterpiece of rhetorical irony, but it's not particularly subtle. A high-style, intermittently substantive 'Caesar' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Understandable, since she had children with Julius Caesar and Caesar's lieutenant Mark Antony, whose death in her arms inspired future writers to romanticize their love story above the other. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z She was also nominated for an Olivier for playing Mark Antony in an all-female Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Connecting with a jazz sensation 2013-07-26T23:46:30Z Every single actor was remarkable but the most astonishing performance was that of Hans Kesting who played Mark Antony. The best performance I've ever seen: Simon Stephens 2011-04-01T19:36:30Z Later, when the Ides of March has come and gone, and Caesar with it, she will practise the same wiles on Ashley Dixon's bullish Mark Antony. Cleopatra; Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:20Z Mark Antony and Octavian soon pushed Lepidus to the side and divided up control of Roman territory — Octavian taking Europe and Mark Antony taking the eastern territories and Egypt. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z All soldiers swore personal oaths of loyalty to him, and having conquered Egypt from his former ally Mark Antony, Augustus was worshiped there as the latest pharaoh. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “The last guy that made a speech in these sorts of surroundings started with ‘friends, Romans and countrymen,’” he began, quoting Mark Antony from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” Recession? What Recession? Pass Me Some Grapes. 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z In the love duet that opens the new opera, for which Adams borrowed a few lively lines from “The Taming of the Shrew,” Finley’s Mark Antony is without heat. Review: In John Adams' new 'Antony and Cleopatra' opera, the orchestra is the star 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Octavian, a Roman military official, launched a smear campaign against his political enemy, Mark Antony. Misinformation, disinformation and hoaxes: What’s the difference? 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “Cry ‘Havoc!,’ and let slip the dogs of war,” commands Mark Antony in Act III, Scene 1. Congress measures Trump’s response to the George Floyd protests 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Following his death, Caesar’s right-hand man, a skilled general named Mark Antony, joined with Octavian and another general named Lepidus to form the “Second Triumvirate.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When I met Mark Antony for the first time, I made quite the entrance. Dear, Cleopatra: How women from history would answer our relationship questions | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z But Obbink is hoping the scrolls might even contain lost works, such as poems by Sappho or the treatise Mark Antony wrote on his own drunkenness. Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Rather, its statement seemed designed to upend Mark Antony’s observation in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” that “the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” Column: How MIT whitewashed the climate change denialism of a major donor, David Koch 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Shakespeare’s Brutus, Cassius and others plot the Roman ruler’s death, but Mark Antony avenges it. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Mark Antony and Octavian soon pushed Lepidus to the side and divided up control of Roman territory – Octavian taking Europe and Mark Antony taking the eastern territories and Egypt. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mark Antony’s stirring rhetoric, and his promise of a Caesar dividend, “75 drachmas”, immediately turn their allegiance. May as Polonius, Gove as Cassius: is Brexit a Shakespearean tragedy? 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z However Roberts does not project the magnetism or political mastery the play demands from Mark Antony in this famous passage. Seattle Shakes’ ‘Julius Caesar’ reminds us that bold reactions can trigger seismic counter- reactions 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Actually, as The Financial Times recently noted, the false reportage dates to at least the propaganda war between Mark Antony and Octavian — fought in the century before the birth of Christ, communicated through coins. Why Fake News Is So Hard to Kill 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Politicians around the world might typically aspire to the heroic leadership of Henry V, envy Mark Antony’s gift for oratory or hold a sneaking admiration for the ruthless ambition of Macbeth. As he likes it: John Kerry says Rosalind is his favourite Shakespeare character 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Mark Antony moved to the Egyptian city of Alexandria, where he set up his court. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z At Julius Caesar’s funeral Mark Antony whipped mourners into a collective frenzy by revealing the dead man’s lacerated body. Trump and Political Circuses Are Nothing New 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Booth played the part of Mark Antony, but another stage beckoned. Lincoln’s Assassination—And Caesar’s 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Mark Antony, eloquently played by actor Maurice Jones, paid tribute to Brutus' heart for the common good. Betrayal and Bloodshed of 'Julius Caesar' Echoes Obama's Plight 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Herod's political skill in transferring his loyalty from the dead Mark Antony to his archrival, and later securing Rome's defense for embattled diaspora Jews, calls into question his reputed insanity. Shards of a Reputation 2013-03-26T23:36:15Z At the funeral of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play, Mark Antony says, “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” Sports of The Times: Seeing Through the Illusions of the Sports Hero 2012-10-22T06:24:04Z Octavian, the future Emperor Augustus, suggested around 33 B.C. that his rival, Mark Antony, had become the plaything of the enemy’s most famous seductress, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. Trump and Political Circuses Are Nothing New 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Four heralds-at-arms entered the banquet-hall on horseback; they were officers of Mark Antony, and rode but a short distance in advance of their master. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z To this policy of dependence upon Rome Antipater adhered, and he succeeded in commending himself to Mark Antony and Caesar in turn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z And in the arms of the woman who had wrecked him, and who at the last—though, mercifully, he never knew it—had sought to betray him, Mark Antony died. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z No more youthful and fiery Laertes had been seen for years, no more passionate Macduff, no more artful and persuasive Mark Antony. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The Roof of this fine Piece of Building is painted, and represents the Victory gain’d in the Time of Pius V. over the Turks at Lepanto, by the Valour of Mark Antony Colonna. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z I see I have come too late," cried Mark Antony, entering the banquet-hall, "the supper is over. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Mr. Mark Antony Lower, too, in his Essay on English Surnames, classes Cowper among the surnames derived from trade. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-24T03:07:54.103Z His compeers in the same divine idiocy are such immortals as Mark Antony, Marie Stuart, Francis I., almost the whole Bourbon dynasty, Sappho, Cleopatra, Solomon, and a sheaf of other shimmeringly splendid sinners. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He wanted his Mark Antony played like a young gentleman arranging the marriage-settlements. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony’s oration over the body of Cæsar. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Human nature gives the lie direct to Mark Antony’s bitter rhetoric: it is rather the good that lives after a man, and the evil that is oft interred with his bones. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z "That's why I made Mr. Mark Antony Midwinter dance out of the Ritz Hotel on that night." The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z He was a paladin—Ajax, Don Juan, Tamerlane, Mark Antony, Baldur, all rolled into one. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z On this elevated place the gale came along with even greater fury; and Mark Antony said that they would never be able to light a camp-fire that side, they must get through and into shelter. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Mark Antony invited Rome to weep over the prostrate form of assassinated Cæsar. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z Besides, it would ill become one in my master's position of high respectability to dally away his time as Mark Antony did in this self-same land. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z It was thus that Mark Antony Midwinter escaped from the City in the Clouds. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z In his place lived Mark Antony, prince of lovers; a man whose sole thought and aim in life consisted in worshipping at the bare feet of a red-haired, snub-nosed Egyptian woman. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z “Two and two,” repeated his first lieutenant, Mark Antony. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Young Lawson was to be a Mark Antony in the meshes of a Cleopatra. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z The testament of Cæsar, commented on by Mark Antony, was eventually more fatal to the liberties of Rome, than the irrepressible ambition which originally urged the arch-traitor across the Rubicon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Mark Antony Midwinter was standing on the other side of the table, smiling at me. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z So perished Mark Antony; to whose life and death, before you judge him, I beg you to apply the words of a country preacher I once heard. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Mark Antony was in sole possession of the battlefield. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z While filming the lavishly produced "Cleopatra" in 1961, she started a torrid affair with Burton, who played Mark Antony and was also married at the time. Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 2011-03-23T15:46:08Z In 31 B.C., he defeated Mark Antony, his only serious rival, at the naval battle of Actium, and made himself sole master of the Roman world. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It was the very same man, Mark Antony Midwinter, as you call him, running like a hare from old Morse, who was shooting fireworks round him with a smile on his face. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Mark Antony loved her—and lost; lost everything—except perfect happiness. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z “Ted, I mean Pompey, was here first,” said Mark Antony. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Under Macedonian and Roman rule Eretria fell into insignificance; for a short period under Mark Antony, the triumvir, it became a possession of Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Scene 2, Mark Antony, in the course of his speech over the dead body of Cæsar, says, "That day he overcame the Nervii." The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Already I was certain that he was playing a game with me in the matter of Mark Antony Midwinter, whose name I kept rigidly to myself. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z No doubt he'll have made some rousing speech on the steps of the Emirates, like Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, to assert his authority. Kuddly Ken Bates, and a Cock-eyed warlord, pure and simple 2011-01-19T17:10:55Z Shrewd Mark Antony having knocked his man over, paused on the higher part of the slope where he chanced to be, and looked down on the battle. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z In the most famous fictional speech of all time, Mark Antony had shown sensitivity to his different audiences in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by asking his "Friends, Romans, countrymen" to lend him their ears. 'Ask not what your country..." 2011-01-19T00:02:40Z The husband of the latter accompanied her as Mark Antony. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z To put it in plain English, I determined, at whatever risk to myself, to kill Mark Antony Midwinter. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z He piled up confusedly on his table the humanists, the philosophers, and the poets, and he went to inspect some engravings of Mark Antony, and tried to understand Machiavelli. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z “Where shall we meet and fight?” said Mark Antony. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Cleopatra's relationship with Mark Antony was the longest of her life, but that with Octavian, the future Caesar Augustus, would prove the more enduring. Still Under Cleopatra's Spell 2010-10-22T21:57:00Z The oratory opened with a display of subtle rhetorical agility worthy of Mark Antony. How Rand Paul became the Tea Party's Obama 2010-05-14T12:01:00Z English actor James Purefoy, who played Mark Antony in Rome, believes the network of British actors are perceived by their American colleagues as cheap labour. Why are British actors playing Americans? 2010-04-27T11:20:00Z Mark Antony won no honour of Rome's eastern rival: Crassus and his host never returned. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Caesar and Mark Antony stood in front side by side. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z After studying under Menecles, chief of the Asiatic school of oratory, he settled in Rhodes, where he taught rhetoric, among his pupils being Mark Antony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Marcus Antonius, commonly called Mark Antony, the Triumvir, grandson of Antonius the “orator” and son of Antonius Creticus, related on his mother’s side to Julius Caesar, was born about 83 B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The world was presumably "large enough" to accommodate the ambitions of Octavius and Mark Antony. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 20, 1887. This goblet of Neva water is surely the most costly draught ever quaffed since the time when brown-fronted Cleopatra dissolved the pearl in honor of mad Mark Antony. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Varro turned aside to defend himself, when Mark Antony rushed at and overturned him thump on the sward. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The dirty white deposit gave place to lime whiter than snow; and I found a basin which some learned hotel-keeper has christened Cleopatra's pitcher, or Mark Antony's whisky-jug, or something equally poetical. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel This voluntary worship had also been accorded to individual Romans, as Flamininus, Sulla, Caesar and Mark Antony. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Mark Antony wasted his time at Alexandria with dicing, while, according to Suetonius, the emperors Augustus, Nero and Claudius were passionately fond of it, the last named having written a book on the game. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" At one of these parties, Mark Antony, having procured divers to put fishes upon his hooks while under the water, he very gallantly boasted to his mistress of his great dexterity in angling. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem “Now what shall we do?” said Mark Antony. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Some men have seen women as barbarous and dangerous only, have based their attitude upon the words of Thomas Otway: "She betrayed the Capitol, lost Mark Antony to the world, laid old Troy in ashes." The Intelligence of Woman The story of Cleopatra, the beguiler of Mark Antony, is too well known to need repeating here. Oriental Women Evidently, we must regard Mark Antony as being the great historical type of the "henpecked" husband; there is, however, no occasion for sympathy; his punishment was no greater than he deserved. Roman Women The favorite example of this power has always been that of Cleopatra and Mark Antony; but history is full of equally convincing instances. Greek Women He could see Mark Antony, who had risen out of the hollow; thus caught between two forces, Scipio pushing in front, the Pompeians broke and scattered to the right in a straggling line. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z “Mark Antony disposed of that—but only his bust—the bust that you saw.” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Among these are the Cleopatras, three of whom lived a whole century before the days when Mark Antony was led astray by the most celebrated of all the women of this name. Oriental Women The wife is supported in her plea by the warnings of the augurs; and C�sar has decided to allow Mark Antony to say he is not well. Roman Women "The evil that men do lives after them," said Mark Antony, "the good is oft interred with their bones." In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making “I’m Mark Antony,” said Mark, standing bolt upright. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Alcibiades is replaced by the Mark Antony of Cicero's Philippic. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion We are also told that the pearl swallowed by Cleopatra so long ago, when she drank to the health of Mark Antony, came from this island. The Pearl of India To make amends for this great loss, the library collected by Eumenes, King of Pergamus, was presented by Mark Antony to Queen Cleopatra. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Who lost Mark Antony the world?—a woman! The Orphan or, The Unhappy Marriage After the death of Caesar he attached himself to Mark Antony, but, owing to some fancied slight, he deserted to Brutus and Cassius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The oldest inhabitant could remember, among others, those of Alexander the Great, Mark Antony, Constantine, the Sultan Murad, and several hundred thousand French and English who over their armor wore a red cross. With the French in France and Salonika A curtain of royal purple hung behind the throne, and this they threw around him as a toga, then crowned him as Mark Antony. The Eye of Dread Allied with the Parthians, he maintained himself in his royal position for six years against Herod and Mark Antony. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Mark Antony came with the trunk, and Tom lighted a candle to show Robert to his chamber. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance To be sure, you'd never dream it from his looks, for he is a perfect Mark Antony in that respect. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Mark Antony squandered, in his short lifetime, eight hundred millions of pounds sterling, four thousand millions of dollars. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Mark Antony never wore things like these,” he shouted. The Eye of Dread Augustus restored them to him, when, by the death of Mark Antony, the provinces of the empire were absolutely at his disposal. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Mark Antony was taking them to the shipyard. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Mark Antony shall say I am not well; And, for thy humour, I will stay at home. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar The company of women is evidently baneful to the warrior: those earthly Princes Darius and Mark Antony were attended by their women, and perished; for lust at once enervates the soul and the body. Mediaeval Tales They called me Mark Antony, but that was because they did not know what else to call me. The Eye of Dread Who lost Mark Antony the world?—A woman! Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature The barber on the corner of the street trimmed and powdered his hair, Mark Antony smoothed the wrinkles from his coat, and Berinthia fixed new ribbons in his knee-buckles. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Trebonius knows his time; for, look you, Brutus, He draws Mark Antony out of the way. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar He concludes also that by Hylæus is meant Mark Antony, who assumed the name of Bacchus, and ruined himself by his profligate passion for Cleopatra. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace Mark Antony, his friend, obtains leave from the murderers to make a public oration over the corpse. William Shakespeare In a word, I am tempted to sum up the character of Nokes, as a comedian, in a parody of what Shakspeare's Mark Antony says of Brutus as a hero. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 Mark Antony was master of ceremonies at the table, giving directions to Cæsar and Pompey. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Christopher Mark Antony Burton was a tremendously imposing name to give a baby. Christopher and the Clockmakers The city was at this time divided between the republicans and the friends of Mark Antony, but the latter, by adroit manœuvres, had gained the ascendency, and enjoyed almost absolute power. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History She then calls for her diadem, her robes of state, and attires herself as if "again for Cydnus, to meet Mark Antony." Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical You could not understand Daniel defending the kings of Babylon, Demosthenes defending Philip, Cicero defending Mark Antony, O’Connell defending the landlords of Ireland, and Vergniaud or Mirabeau defending the absolute kings of France. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Mark Antony, go up to the Green Dragon and get this gentleman’s trunk. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Christopher Mark Antony Burton he had been christened and Christopher Mark Antony Burton he must remain. Christopher and the Clockmakers Mark Antony lost the world for a woman, but it was for a woman that Tallien overthrew Robespierre and saved France. Fair Margaret A Portrait When a supposedly dead man sticks his head out of a jog in the ceiling and offers to fight his Mark Antony it is bound to create some commotion. At Good Old Siwash Those very words might characterize Shakespeare’s account of the assassination of Julius Cæsar, and his reproduction of the speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony. Historical Essays Mark Antony was unceremoniously pushed aside, and the officers entered the hall. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance He issued forth from his home as Christopher Mark Antony Burton and returned to it shorn of his glories and as plain Chris Burton. Christopher and the Clockmakers Similarly we may imagine the mental exultation of Pitt on hearing that Bonaparte had gone the way of Alexander the Great and Mark Antony. William Pitt and the Great War In the following extract, note the three facts adduced by Mark Antony to prove that Cæsar was not ambitious. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism The renegade Mark Antony was fighting for his life. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators In the home of Captain Brandon, the only meat to be had was the salt pork and beef in the cellar, or the flounders caught by Mark Antony, fishing from the wharves. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance "Christopher Mark Antony Burton!" jibed he with sardonic glee. Christopher and the Clockmakers He also indulged in the Mark Antony trick of rushing into houses at night and pulling good folks out of bed by the heels, and then running away before they were barely awake. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 The gentleman who played Mark Antony wore a sword which had been presented to Marlborough by the Emperor. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I At which Mark Antony exclaimed, "This was well done, Eros—thy heart would not permit thee to kill thy master, but thou hast set him an example!" Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Mark Antony, the following afternoon, wondered what the soldier who was rattling the knocker on the front door might want. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance As completely as if the awful appellation had never existed it was wiped from the tablets of their memory and Christopher Mark Antony Burton fourth became Chris Burton—nothing more. Christopher and the Clockmakers Mark Antony, the conqueror, sits helpless at the feet of Cleopatra. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles Here comes his body, mourn'd by Mark Antony; who, tho he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth; as which of you shall not? The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I But first he ordered that the body of Cleopatra, clothed as she had died, in her royal robes, should be placed in the grave beside the body of Mark Antony. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Captain Brandon thanked the soldier, and told Mark Antony to mix a toddy for him. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance He was the son of the boss, Christopher Mark Antony Burton, fourth. Christopher and the Clockmakers The father of this Antonius and the grandfather of Mark Antony, the triumvir, was Mark Antony, the orator, frequently referred to by Cicero as one of the greatest of Roman orators. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome A man in love may be inclined to play the Mark Antony; but a married man, “come what will, he has been blessed.” Newton Forster The Merchant Service Cæsar, the wise and diplomatic, had chosen Mark Antony as his Secretary of State on account of his peculiar fitness, especially in representing the Government at public functions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Mark Antony, then, at the urgent desire of Cleopatra, transferred to Alexandria the books and manuscripts from Pergamos. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine You did not forget Mr. Christopher Mark Antony Burton, third, senior partner of the firm; he did not let you. Christopher and the Clockmakers Trebonius on the other side, drew Mark Antony aside, as he came into the house where the Senate sat, and held him with a long talk without. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Mark Antony was allowed to weep and speak over the pulseless clay of his official partner and friend. Shakspere, Personal Recollections Mark Antony stood upon a hillside, overlooking the sea, and saw the valiant fleet approach, in battle-array, the ships of the enemy. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators They never guessed how Reverend Scoville had had to restrain himself from delivering Mark Antony's address to the Romans. Gigolo Mr. Norcross was imposing enough, but the inspector was even worse; and as for the senior partner of the firm—well, he was Mr. Christopher Mark Antony Burton, third, arrayed in his most awful dignity. Christopher and the Clockmakers So Brutus by this means saved Mark Antony's life, who at that present time disguised himself, and stole away. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece In less than two minutes the cranium of Mark Antony Figgins was as smooth and destitute of hair as a bladder of lard. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Mark Antony was undone—he made his way back to the city, and as usual sought Cleopatra. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators The shoulders that once proudly carried Mark Antony's shining armor now supported a faded velvet breakfast jacket that showed its original color only in patches. Quin "Christopher Mark Antony Burton, fourth," interrupted his father in an aggrieved tone. Christopher and the Clockmakers Gold entered very largely into the politics of antiquity, and by this means Crassus got a partnership in the grand triumvirate of which Mark Antony and Octavius formed the more active parties. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Bosja waved his weapon over his head; Mark Antony Figgins hopped upon the bed and wrapped himself tightly round in the clothes, clutching his flute to his side. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Mark Antony, the practised orator, begins with simple propositions to which all agree. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators A pyramid may thrill us by its tremendousness; we may dream how once the legions of Mark Antony encamped below it, how the eagles of Napoleon went tossing past. Modern American Prose Selections "Appreciating your courteous and reliable service, I remain, Truly yours, Christopher Mark Antony Burton, third." Christopher and the Clockmakers These latter facts may be relied on, as we get them from Mark Antony, whose position enables him to learn every item of news connected with the one subject of absorbing interest of to-day. Editorial Wild Oats As the reader knows, there was nothing bold or daring about Mark Antony Figgins. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series One man is supreme, and that man is Mark Antony. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators He intimated, too, that the relationship of Orestes with Hypatia was very much the same as that which once existed between Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers One was made by the Ptolemies, and the other was that of Pergamus, formed by Eumenes, and given by Mark Antony to Cleopatra. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 I have heard young ladies express their admiration of Mark Antony for heroically leaving his p. 46fleet at the Battle of Actium to follow his mistress. Dialogues of the Dead Accompanied by Bogey, Mark Antony reached his quarters in safety. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series In the stress of defeat and impending calamity, Mark Antony was a great man; he could endure anything but success. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators I claim to have discovered the etymology of Punch, which Mark Antony Lower in his Patronymica says is "a name the origin of which is in total obscurity." My Life as an Author Hanno, the Carthaginian general, had a lion to carry his baggage, and Mark Antony often rode through the streets of Rome in a chariot drawn by lions. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. 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