Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 1 . 3-30 ) MARCUS Antonius, or Marc Antony,grandson of Antonius the orator,and son of Antonius Creticus, seems tohave been born about 83 While stilla child he lost his father, whose examplehowever, had he been spared, would havedone little for the improvement of his char-acter. Brought up under the influence ofthe disreputable Cornelius Lentulus Sura,whom his mother had married, Antonyspent his youth in profligacy and extrava-gance. For a ti
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 1 . 3-30 ) MARCUS Antonius, or Marc Antony,grandson of Antonius the orator,and son of Antonius Creticus, seems tohave been born about 83 While stilla child he lost his father, whose examplehowever, had he been spared, would havedone little for the improvement of his char-acter. Brought up under the influence ofthe disreputable Cornelius Lentulus Sura,whom his mother had married, Antonyspent his youth in profligacy and extrava-gance. For a time he co-operated with thereprobate Clodius in his political plans,chiefly, it is supposed, through hostility toCicero, who had caused Lentulus, his step-father, to be put to death as one of the Catiline conspirators ; but he soon with-drew from the connection, on account of a disagreement which, appropriatelyenough, arose in regard to his relations to his associates wife, Flavia. Not longafter, in 58 , he fled to Greece, to escape the importunity of his creditors;and at length, after a short time spent in attendance on the philosophers at. 38 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Athens, found an occasion for displaying some of the better features of his char,acter, in the wars that were being carried on by Gabinius against Aristobulus inPalestine, and in support of Ptolemy Auletes in Egypt. A new chapter in his life was opened by the visit which he made to JuliusCaesar in Gaul (54 ). Welcomed by the victorious general as a valuable as-sistant in his ambitious designs, and raised by his influence to the offices of quses-tor, augur, and tribune of the plebes, he displayed admirable boldness and activ-ity in the maintenance of his patrons cause, in opposition to the violence andintrigues of the oligarchical party. At length his antagonists prevailed, and ex-pelled him from the curia; and the political contest became a civil war. TheRubicon was crossed ; Caesar was victorious, and Antony s
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