Marcus Antonius

143 BC - 87 BC

• Name	, Marcus Antonius  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	143 BC	Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military	90 BC  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	He held a command in the Social War.
  Appointments / Titles	113 BC  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Antonius started his "cursus honorum" as quaestor.
  Appointments / Titles	97 BC  [2, 3, 4]
  	He was elected censor.
  Appointments / Titles	99 BC  [2, 3, 4]
  	He was elected consul, together with Aulus Postumius Albinus.
  Appointments / Titles	102 BC  [2, 3, 4]
  	He was elected praetor with proconsular powers for the Roman province of Cilicia.
  House	gens Antonia
  FSID	LHGH-ZPM  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Death	87 BC	Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I34093	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Gaius Marcus Antonius,   b. 165 BC, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy d. 87 BC, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Creticus, Antonia,   b. UNKNOWN, Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ) d. DECEASED, Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC )
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F13378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia,   b. UNKNOWN, Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC ) d. DECEASED, Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC )
  Marriage	UNKNOWN	Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC )
  Children	1. Marcus Antonius Creticus Octavia II,   b. 103 BC, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy d. 69 BC, Crete, Greece  [natural]
  Family ID	F13377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 143 BC - Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy Death - 87 BC - Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy Marriage - UNKNOWN - Roman Republic ( 509 BC - 27 BC )  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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)

  
  

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