Marcus Antonius
83-30 B.C.
Antony was one of Caesar's closest lieutenants, and
an accomplished general in his own right. After the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., he
joined forces with Octavian
(later Augustus)
and Marcus Lepidus to form the Second Triumvirate. After the defeat of Brutus and Cassius at Phillipi,
the three divided up the Empire. Soon, Lepidus was forced into obscurity,
leaving Octavian
in the West and Antony in the East with his lover Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Octavian and Antony clashed in Civil War to rule all of Rome, and
Antony was defeated at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C.
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