THE

LIFE AND TIMES

OF

MARC ANTONY

by

ARTHUR WEIGALL

 

CHAPTER I.-

Tiberius and Caius Gracchus, and the Beginning of Political Violence in Rome. 134-121 BC

CHAPTER II .-

Caius Marius, and the Growth of the Political Troubles amidst which Antony was born. 121-83 BC

CHAPTER III .-

The Infancy of Antony during the Rule of Sulla. 83-78 BC

CHAPTER IV .-

Antony's Growth to Manhood amidst the Political Struggles which Culminated in the Catilinarian Conspiracy. 78-62 BC

CHAPTER V.-

Antony's Entrance into Politics on the Side of the Democrats, 62-58 BC

CHAPTER VI .-

Antony's Military Service in Syria and Egypt,

and his Appointment to the Staff of Caesar in Gaul. 58-54 BC

CHAPTER VII.-

Antony's Service with Caesar in Gaul,

and his Tribuneship in Rome which was Interrupted by the Outbreak of Civil War. 54-49 BC

CHAPTER VIII.-

The Civil War between Caesar and Pompey,

in which Antony Acted as Caesar's Chief Lieutenant. 49-48 BC

CHAPTER IX.-

Antony as Vice-Dictator in Rome,

and his Temporary Estrangement from Caesar. 48-45 BC

CHAPTER X .-

Antony's Consulship, and the Death of Caesar. 45-44 BC

CHAPTER XI .-

Antony's Struggle to Prevent Civil War,

and his Difficulties with Caesar's Heir, Octavian. 44 BC

CHAPTER XII .-

Antony's Departure from Rome, where Cicero was Delivering the Philippic Orations against Him;

and his Failure to Wrest Cisalpine Gaul from Albinus, 44-43 BC

CHAPTER XIII .-

Antony's Alliance with Lepidus and then with Octavian;

and the Turning of the Tables upon Cicero, 43 BC

CHAPTER XIV.-

The War against Brutus and Cassius,

and the Destruction of the Republican Party. 42 BC

CHAPTER XV .-

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra at Tarsus,

and his Winter with Her in Alexandria. 41-40 BC

CHAPTER XVI .-

Antony's Return to Rome; His Marriage to Octavia;

and His Maneuvers for Political Unity. 40-39 BC

CHAPTER XVII .-

The Enforced Renewal of the Triumvirate,

and Antony's Departure for the East, and Reunion with Cleopatra. 39-36 BC

CHAPTER XVIII .-

The Great Parthian Adventure,

and Antony's Movement towards Sovereign Power. 36-33 BC

CHAPTER XIX .-

The Final Quarrel between Antony and Octavian,

and Rome's Declaration of War against Cleopatra. 33-32 BC

CHAPTER XX .-

The Battle of Actium and the Return of Antony and Cleopatra to Egypt. 31-30 BC

CHAPTER XXI .-

Octavian's Invasion of Egypt and the Death of Antony,30 BC