Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . 6o MARK ANTONY. LEOPATRA and Antony ruledEgypt together for fourteen country had prospered, evenin spite of the extravagance of itsgovernors, and the Egyptians hadshown a pride in their Romanruler, as if he had done them greathonor to remain and be one withthem ^ if Csesario was approaching manhood—his mothersheart was centering her ambition in him—she calledhim her King of Kings, the name she had given to hisfather. Antony was fond of the young man, and puthim forward at public fetes even in advance of Cleo-patra, his daughter, and A
Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . 6o MARK ANTONY. LEOPATRA and Antony ruledEgypt together for fourteen country had prospered, evenin spite of the extravagance of itsgovernors, and the Egyptians hadshown a pride in their Romanruler, as if he had done them greathonor to remain and be one withthem ^ if Csesario was approaching manhood—his mothersheart was centering her ambition in him—she calledhim her King of Kings, the name she had given to hisfather. Antony was fond of the young man, and puthim forward at public fetes even in advance of Cleo-patra, his daughter, and Alexander and Ptolemy, histwin boys by the same mother. In playful paraphraseof Cleopatra, Antony called her the Queen of Kings,and also the Mother of Kings. Word reached Rome that these children of Cleopatrawere being trained as if they were to rule the world—perhaps it was so to be! 0<5\avius Caesar Antony to wed his sister, and then desert her,and bring up a brood of barbarians to menace thestate, was a serious offense. An order was sent
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