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 Abt 103 B.C. - 0071 B.C.
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| Name |
Marcus Antonius Creticus |
| Suffix |
Praetor of Rome |
| Birth |
Abt 103 B.C. |
Rome, Italy  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
0074 B.C. |
| Praetor of Rome |
| Death |
0071 B.C. |
Rome, Italy |
| Notes |
- http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps32/ps32_008.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Antonius_Creticus
«b»Marcus Antonius Creticus«/b» (flourished «u»2nd century BC «/u» & «u»1st century BC «/u») was a «u»Roman «/u» politician, member of the «u»Antonius «/u» family. Creticus was son of «u»Marcus Antonius Orator «/u» and by his marriage to «u»Julia Antonia «/u» he had three sons triumvir «u»Mark Antony «/u», «u»Gaius Antonius «/u» and «u»Lucius Antonius «/u».
He was elected «u»praetor «/u» in «u»74 BC «/u» and in the next year he received an extraordinary commission, similar to that bestowed upon triumvir «u»Pompey «/u» by the Gabinian law years later and on his father three decades before, to clear the «u»Mediterranean Sea «/u» of the threat of piracy, and thereby assist the operations against King «u»Mithridates VI of Pontus «/u».
Creticus not only failed in the task, but plundered the provinces he was supposed to protect from robbery («u»Sallust «/u», «i»Hist.«/i» iii., fragments ed. B. Maurenbrecher, p. 108; «u»Marcus Velleius Paterculus «/u» ii. 31; «u»Cicero «/u», «i»In Verrem«/i», iii. 91). He attacked the Cretans, who had made an alliance with the pirates, but was totally defeated, most of his ships being sunk. «u»Diodorus Siculus «/u» (xl. 1) states that he only saved himself by a disgraceful treaty. As a result of this defeat he was mockingly given the byname «i»Creticus«/i», which means conqueror of «u»Crete «/u» and also man made of chalk when translated from Latin. He died soon afterwards («u»72 «/u»-«u»71 «/u») in Crete. All authorities are agreed as to his avarice and incompetence.
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| Person ID |
I61191 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
| Family |
Julia Antonia, b. 104 B.C. d. 0039 B.C. |
| Children |
| | 1. Mark Antony, b. Abt 14 Jan 0083 B.C., Rome, Roman Republic d. 1 Aug 0030 B.C., Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt |
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| Family ID |
F551617470 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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