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 143 B.C. - 0087 B.C.
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| Name |
Marcus Antonius |
| Suffix |
Consul |
| Birth |
143 B.C. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
0087 B.C. |
| Notes |
- http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps32/ps32_044.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Antonius_Orator
«b»Marcus Antonius Orator«/b» (died 87 BCE) was a «u»Roman «/u» politician of the «u»Antonius «/u» family and one of the most distinguished Roman orators of his time. He started his «u»«i»cursus honorum «/u»«/i» as «u»quaestor «/u» in 113 BC and in 102 BC he was elected «u»praetor «/u» with «u»proconsular «/u» powers for the «u»province «/u» of «u»Cilicia «/u». During his term, Antonius fought the pirates with such success that the «u»Senate «/u» voted a «u»naval triumph «/u» in his honor. He was then elected «u»consul «/u» in 99 BC, together with «u»Aulus Postumius Albinus «/u», and in 97 BC, he was elected «u»censor «/u». He held a command in the «u»Social War «/u» in 90 BC. During the «u»civil war «/u» between «u»Gaius Marius «/u» and «u»Lucius Cornelius Sulla «/u», Antonius supported the latter. This cost him his life; Gaius Marius and «u»Lucius Cornelius Cinna «/u» 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 «u»Cicero «/u», since none of his speeches survive. He is one of the chief speakers in Cicero's «i»De Oratore«/i».
Antonius had a daughter Antonia who was captured in «u»Italy «/u» by pirates, from whom her father ransomed her for a large sum. He also had two sons «u»Marcus Antonius Creticus «/u» and «u»Gaius Antonius Hybrida «/u». The former was the father of the famous general and triumvir, «u»Mark Antony «/u».
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| Person ID |
I61220 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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