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• Military: 90 BC; He held a command in the Social War.
• Appointments / Titles: 113 BC; Antonius started his "cursus honorum" as quaestor.
• Appointments / Titles: 97 BC; He was elected censor.
• Appointments / Titles: 99 BC; He was elected consul, together with Aulus Postumius Albinus.
• Appointments / Titles: 102 BC; He was elected praetor with proconsular powers for the Roman province of Cilicia.
• House: gens Antonia
• FSID: LHGH-ZPM

Notes:

Marcus Antonius was a Roman politician of the Antonius family and one of the most distinguished Roman orators of his time. He was also the grandfather of the famous general and triumvir, Mark Antony.

He started his cursus honorum as quaestor in 113 BC and in 102 BC he was elected praetor with proconsular powers for the province of Cilicia. During his term, he fought the pirates with such success that the Senate voted a naval triumph in his honor. He was then elected consul in 99 BC, together with Aulus Postumius Albinus, and in 97 BC, he was elected censor. He held a command in the Social War in 90 BC. During the civil war between Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Antonius supported the latter. This cost him his life; Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna executed him when they obtained possession of Rome in 87 BC.

Throughout his political career, he continued to appear as a mediative defender or an accuser in Roman courts of law. Antonius' modern reputation for eloquence derives from the authority of Cicero, since none of his speeches survive. He is one of the chief speakers in Cicero's "De Oratore."

In 100 BC, Marcus Antonius obtained a triumph, because he had fought successfully against the Cilician pirates. Some time later his daughter Antonia was kidnapped by pirates from his villa near Misenum and was only released after the payment of a large ransom.

-- Wikiwand: Marcus Antonius (orator)

Marcus married Julia in UNKNOWN in Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ). Julia was born in UNKNOWN in Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ); died in DECEASED in Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marcus Antonius Creticus Octavia II was born in 103 BC in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy; died in 69 BC in Crete, Greece.

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• House: gens Antonia
• FSID: LJLC-CS2

Gaius married Creticus, Antonia. Antonia was born in UNKNOWN in Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ); died in DECEASED in Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: G86J-4XJ

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• House: gens Antonia
• FSID: LJYC-PG4

Marcus married Pasquala Maria. Pasquala was born in 190 BC in Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ); died in DECEASED in Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• House: gens Antonia
• FSID: LJYC-PPX