General and Roman statesman (83-30 av. J. - C.).

Marc Antoine in Latin Marcus Antonius. He was the friend and the second of César, and became consul with him into 44. After the assassination of this one, it formed with Octave and Lépide the second triumvirate (43). The murderers of César, Brutus and Cassius, were defeated with Philips into 42. Eliminated Lépide, Marc Antoine and Octave divided, in Brindes, into 40, the Roman world. Antoine accepted the East and Greece; Octave, Occident.

Antoine, dazzled by Cléopâtre VII, queen of Egypt, made gift with this one and his children of the Roman conquests in Asia.

Octave exploited the indignation which these abandonments caused in Rome to kill its rival. It made proclaim its forfeiture and overcame Antoine and Cléopâtre with the battle of Actium, into 31. Antoine flees to join Cléopâtre and gave himself death in besieged Alexandria.