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Mark Antony

Roman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC)

38 dated entries naming Mark Antony, drawn from 26 separate years between 83 BCE and 59 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

  • 83 BCEMark Antony, Roman politician and General (who later married Cleopatra) (approximate date) (died 30 BC)source
  • 74 BCEMarcus Antonius (father of Mark Antony), a praetor, receives wide-ranging powers and considerable resources to fight the pirates in the Mediterranean Sea.source
  • 71 BCEMarcus Antonius Creticus, Roman politician (father of Mark Antony)source
  • 50 BCEAntonia, daughter of Mark Antonysource
  • 48 BCEMarch – Mark Antony joins Julius Caesar.source
  • 47 BCEMarcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia (died 30 BC)source
  • 45 BCEIullus Antonius, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia; consul 10 BC (died 2 BC)source
  • 44 BCEConsuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.source
  • 44 BCEApril 18–April 21 – Octavian engages in a charm offensive with consular Cicero who is fulminating against Mark Antony.source
  • 43 BCEIullus Antonius, Roman consul (son of Mark Antony) (suicide 2 BC)source
  • 43 BCEApril 14 – Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Hirtius. Both consuls are killed (Hirtius does not die until after the Battle of Mutina).source
  • 42 BCEGaius Antonius, Roman general and brother of Mark Antony (murdered)source
  • 42 BCEJuly – Mark Antony lands with an army (28 legions) in Illyria, leaving Octavian ill at Dyrrachium, and marches to Amphipolis. Admiral Ahenobarbus, with the Republican fleet (130 warships), blockades the Adriatic Sea.source
  • 42 BCEOctober 3 – First Battle of Philippi: The Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Marcus Brutus and Cassius. The Roman forces including 2,000 Spartans, who have just arrived, are routed. Octavian takes refuge in the marsh. Cassius' camp is captured by Antony's men and, wrongly fearing that Brutus is dead, Cassius commits suicide. He orders his freedman Pindarus to kill him. Brutus, fearing the impact on morale, secretly buries his beheaded body on Thasos. The Republican navy, in the Adriatic, intercept and destroy the supply ships with two legions of the Triumvirs.source
  • 41 BCEMark Antony meets Cleopatra VII in Tarsus (Cilicia) and forms an alliance. He returns to Alexandria with her and they become lovers in the winter of 41–40 BC. To safeguard herself and Caesarion, she has Antony order the execution of her (half) sister Arsinoe IV, who is living at the temple of Artemis in Ephesus.source
  • 40 BCECleopatra Selene (died AD 6) and Alexander Helios (died between 29 and 25 BC), twins of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antonysource
  • 40 BCEMay – Gaius Claudius Marcellus, a distinguished member of the Claudii, dies. He leaves Octavia the Younger (the elder sister of Octavian) widowed. She will later marry Mark Antony.source
  • 39 BCEMarcus Antonius dispatches Publius Ventidius Bassus with 11 legions to the East and drives Quintus Labienus out of Asia Minor. Labienus retreats into Syria, where he receives Parthian reinforcements. Ventidius finally defeats him in the battle at the Taurus Mountains.source
  • 39 BCEAntonia the Elder, daughter of Mark Antony, grandmother of Nero and Messalina (died bef. AD 25)source
  • 37 BCECaesar Augustus (Octavian) engineers the "Second Pact of Tarentum" which renews the Triumvirate for an additional five years. Mark Antony exchanges 120 ships, for service against Sextus Pompeius. Octavian Caesar donates 1,000 troops from the Praetorian Guard and 20,000 legionaries for the Parthian campaign in Syria.source
  • 37 BCEAntigonus II Mattathias (Antigonus the Hasmonean) (executed by order of Mark Antony)source
  • 36 BCEPtolemy Philadelphus, son of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony (died 29 BC)source
  • 36 BCEJanuary 31 – Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, mother of the emperor Claudiussource
  • 36 BCEJune – Mark Antony launches a major offensive against the Parthians, in which he marches with 10 legions and 10,000 cavalry to Carana in Anatolia.source
  • 34 BCEMark Antony becomes Roman Consul for the second time. His partner is Lucius Scribonius Libo. The latter is replaced with Aemilius Lepidus Paullus during the year.source
  • 33 BCEMark Antony annexes the kingdom of Media and arranges the marriage of his son Alexander Helios with princess Iotapa, the daughter of king Artavasdes I.source
  • 32 BCESpring – Final War of the Roman Republic: Mark Antony transfers his headquarters from Samos to Athens, where he assembles a fleet of 500 combat vessels and 300 transport ships, crewed by 150,000 men.source
  • 31 BCESeptember 2 – Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, Octavian Caesar defeats naval forces under Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.source
  • 30 BCESummer – Cornelius Gallus lands in Cyrene and occupies Paraetonium. Mark Antony storms the city walls and blockades the harbour, then retreats with his army (7 legions) to Egypt and receives the news that Pelusium has opened its gates to Octavian without resistance.source
  • 30 BCEJuly 31 – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.source
  • 30 BCEAugust 1 – Mark Antony, Roman consul and general (suicide) (born 83 BC)source
  • 30 BCEAugust 23 – Marcus Antonius Antyllus, son of Mark Antony and Fulvia (executed) (born 47 BC)source
  • 24 BCEAugustus founds the city of Nicopolis in Egypt to commemorate his final victory over Mark Antony.source
  • 20 BCEMay 12 – Emperor Augustus Caesar negotiates a peace with Parthia, making Armenia a buffer zone between the two major powers. The captured eagles of Marcus Licinius Crassus and Mark Antony are returned.source
  • 2 BCEIullus Antonius, Roman consul and son of Mark Antony (born 43 BC)source

1st century

  • 25Lucius Antonius, grandson of Mark Antony (born 20 BC)source
  • 37May 1 – Antonia the Younger, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia the Younger (born 36 BC)source
  • 59Domitia Lepida the Elder, granddaughter of Mark Antonysource

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