Octavian took power from Marc Antony because Antony divorced Octovia for Cleopatra and Octavian saw it as an insult. So Octavian set war on Antony but he escaped back to Egypt with Cleopatra. There the two committed suicide so they wouldn't be taken as prisoner by Octavian. Octavian then became Rome's sole rule.
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Octavian took power from Marc Antony because Antony divorced Octovia for Cleopatra and Octavian saw it as an insult. So Octavian set war on Antony but he escaped back to Egypt with Cleopatra. There the two committed suicide so they wouldn't be taken as prisoner by Octavian. Octavian then became Rome's sole rule.
Marc Antony was the one who challenged Octavian for supreme power.
Marc Antony married Octavian's sister, Octavia, in 40 BC.
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Originally, Octavian simply came to Rome to collect his inheritance. Marc Antony, however, denied him not only his inheritance from Caesar but even denied him recognition. Octavian, put up with the insult, and several others until he had gained enough power and prestige to confront Antony.
The battle in which Octavian defeated Antony and Cleoatra was the Battle of Actium.
Marc Antony had many foes, some of them later allies. Cicero was his enemy from the very early days, Sextus Pompey, although ultimately defeated by Octavian, was also an enemy of Marc Antony, while Octavian himself fought him in the civil war for supreme power.
Several reasons led up to the war between Octavian and Antony and Cleopatra, but the main reason was power. Both men were in a power struggle for supremacy in Rome. Antony, by openly entering into a political alliance with Cleopatra played right into Octavian's hands. Cleopatra herself, by seducing Antony, set herself up as a tool for Octavian to use in discrediting Antony. The power struggle continued and culminated in Octavian's victory at Actium.
Octavian defeated Marc Antony in the battle of Actium.
Yes, Marc Antony's last legitimate wife was Octavia, the sister of Octavian.