Cleopatra.
Marc Antony and Herod the Great were friends and allies. Herod had always been an ally of Rome and as Antony represented Rome in the East, Herod supplied Antony with supplies for his army, and even sent a rescue mission to Antony during one of his wars.
After Caesar's death Cleopatra stayed neutral waiting to see how the war between the triumvirates and the assassins would turn out. Once the assassins were defeated, she made her move and allied herself with Marc Antony who was the supreme Roman authority in the east.
Marc Antony was Cleopatra's Roman political ally. Cleopatra seduced him in order to get his protection for her kingdom, as Egypt was becoming surrounded by Roman territories and was in danger of being annexed by Rome. Their so-called love story has been hyped up out of proportion to its reality. Marc Anthony and Cleopatra were political allies, each using the other for their own purposes.
After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.After the death of Julius Caesar. Cleopatra had no Roman protector and she needed one. So she seduced Marc Antony into being her protector and ally. While they may have enjoyed the same extravagant lifestyles, and got along with each other as long as things were going right, there was no great passionate love affair that romantic writers would like us to believe. They were first and foremost political allies, friends second.
Octavian defeated Mark Antony and his ally, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, in the Final Civil War of the Roman Republic (32-30 BC). He had declared war on Cleopatra as a ruse to fight her ally Mark Antony, whom he knew would come to her aid.
It was the other way round. Octavian defeated Marc Antony and his ally, Cleopatra VII, pharaoh of Egypt.
Marc Antony made an alliance with Cleopatra of Egypt to rule the east.
Octavian did not necessarily want to kill Marc Antony. He wanted to wage war against him because the two men were locked into a fight over who would become the sole ruler of Rome and her territories. He did not want to be seen as wanting war with Marc Antony. Therefore, he declared war on Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Marc Antony's lover and ally, knowing that Antony would join the war to defend her.
No, Marc Antony was Caesar's friend, ally, general and distant relative.
Marc Antony and Herod the Great were friends and allies. Herod had always been an ally of Rome and as Antony represented Rome in the East, Herod supplied Antony with supplies for his army, and even sent a rescue mission to Antony during one of his wars.
Cassius also wanted to kill Marc Antony, Caesar's closest ally.
Octavian did not necessarily want to kill Marc Antony. He wanted to wage war against him because the two men were locked into a fight over who would become the sole ruler of Rome and her territories. He did not want to be seen as wanting war with Marc Antony. Therefore, he declared war on Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Marc Antony's lover and ally, knowing that Antony would join the war to defend her.
No, Cleopatra was the lover of Julius Caesar and then of Mark Antony. When Octavian wanted war against Marc Antony, he declared was on his ally, Cleopatra, knowing that Marc Antony would fight to defend her.
Marc Antony was famous in his own time for being an ally of Caesar's and for being a consul. He became famous to historians because of his part in the last civil war of the republic. He became famous to present day people because of his relationship with Cleopatra.
No they did not. Egypt did not have much gold. The main gold mine in the Roman Empire was Las Medulas. The other major mines were and Dacia (Romania) and there were mines in Wales France, northern Italy, Austria, Croatia Serbia. The Romans annexed Egypt because its queen, Cleopatra VII, was the lover and ally of Marc Antony, with whom she had three children. Marc Antony and Cleopatra fought against Octavian in the Final Civil War of the Roman Republic, which was a fight over who would become the sole ruler of Rome and her territories. Marc Antony and Cleopatra lost and Egypt was annexed.
Yes, Marc Antony was Caesar's ally and also a distant relative. In fact, he shared the consulship with Caesar at the time of Caesar's murder.
Antony was Cleopatra's political ally and lover.