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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Stolt, post: 6714566, member: 100445&quot;]While waiting for my most recent acquisitions for the collection, here is a collage I made a while back with some of my coins of Mark Antony. I am also including some photos scattered in the wall of text below from Wikipedia to make it look a little more colourful <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to post your coins of Antony.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>References: Crawford 480/22 - RPC I 513 - RPC I 4456 - RPC I 2201 - RPC I 1463 - RPC I 1462 - RPC I 4092 - RPC I 4494 - Crawford 542/2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Antonius (14 January 83 BC – 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony or Anthony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270828[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Rome, 44 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Antony was a supporter of Julius Caesar, and served as one of his generals during the conquest of Gaul and the Civil War. Antony was appointed administrator of Italy while Caesar eliminated political opponents in Greece, North Africa, and Spain. After Caesar&#039;s death in 44 BC, Antony joined forces with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, another of Caesar&#039;s generals, and Octavian, Caesar&#039;s great-nephew and adopted son, forming a three-man dictatorship known to historians as the Second Triumvirate.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270830[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Lugdunum, 42 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Triumvirs defeated Caesar&#039;s murderers, the Liberatores, at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, and divided the government of the Republic between themselves. Antony was assigned Rome&#039;s eastern provinces, including the client kingdom of Egypt, then ruled by Cleopatra VII Philopator, and was given the command in Rome&#039;s war against Parthia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270833[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Ephesus, 39 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Relations among the triumvirs were strained as the various members sought greater political power. Civil war between Antony and Octavian was averted in 40 BC, when Antony married Octavian&#039;s sister, Octavia. Despite this marriage, Antony carried on a love affair with Cleopatra, who bore him three children, further straining Antony&#039;s relations with Octavian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270832[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Achaea, 37-36 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Lepidus was expelled from the association in 36 BC, and in 33 BC disagreements between Antony and Octavian caused a split between the remaining Triumvirs.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270844[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Balanea, 37-31 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Their ongoing hostility erupted into civil war in 31 BC, as the Roman Senate, at Octavian&#039;s direction, declared war on Cleopatra and proclaimed Antony a traitor. Later that year, Antony was defeated by Octavian&#039;s forces at the Battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra fled to Egypt where, after a minor victory at the Battle of Alexandria, they committed suicide.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270839[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Athens, 32 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>With Antony dead, Octavian became the undisputed master of the Roman world. In 27 BC, Octavian was granted the title of Augustus, marking the final stage in the transformation of the Roman Republic into an empire, with himself as the first Roman emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: Wikipedia).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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