About Mark Antony Mark Antony’s name was Marcus Antonius, which is pronounced Mark Antony in the english language. Mark Antony was born around 83 B.E.C. Both …show more content…
After that Mark Antony worked with Julius Caesar in Gaul. Caesar conquered Gaul for Rome, while Mark Antony assisted him suppressing rebellion against the Romans. After doing this Mark Antony was elected as a tribune that represented the people’s interests. His job was to stand up for the rights and the members who were not in the highest classes of the Roman society. When Mark Antony got elected as a tribune it was towards the end of Caesar’s command with Gaul, which was a rough time. The Senate was taking Caesar to trial, because the Senate thought that Caesar was misusing his power. At this time Caesar needed support from Mark Antony and the other tribunes. Caesar wanted them to look after his interests in Rome. Antony did everything that he was told and commanded to do. The Senate gave his officers special power that preserved the state. Mark Antony went to Caesar when this happened, and gave Caesar power, so that he could claim and defend the power of the Senate. This caused a series of civil wars against Pompey. Mark Antony had to get together a powerful army. Caesar and Mark Antony ended up defeated Pompey, and Caesar made himself consul. While doing this Caesar held king like powers in the direction of the government, and ended up getting assassinated.
Taking over after the assassination
After the assassination there was a war between the people who were for and against Caesar’s …show more content…
He went through many challenges and struggles, both of which he did and did not deserve. He accomplished his work with Caesar, and tried his best to take over him after his assassination. He was ready for the responsibility of taking over Rome, until Octavian jumped in. He had many defeats, and did everything that Caesar told him to do. He was independent and that was good. He was strong, brave, and hard working. Even though Mark Antony had a love affair with Cleopatra and made some mistakes, he was still a pretty good Roman general and politician. We can learn many things from him. Some lessons that we can learn from him are that we should always stay loyal and never give up. Mark Antony didn’t give up and kept fighting to please Caesar and take after him. We can also learn from the consequences that he had to pay for, when he had a love affair with Cleopatra. Mark Antony is very important in Roman history, because he was part of a lot that had happened. The Second Triumvirate and all of those battles that took place were a big part of the Roman Republic and should be remembered. We don’t want to repeat any of these events, because they had a lot of struggle that came with them, but the changing of the Roman republic was a big deal for the Romans and is very