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Mark Antony

Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius (14 January 83 BC – 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.

Antony was a relative and supporter of Julius Caesar, and he served as one of his generals during the conquest of Gaul and Caesar's civil war. Antony was appointed administrator of Italy while Caesar eliminated political opponents in Greece, North Africa, and Spain. After Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Antony joined forces with Lepidus, another of Caesar's generals, and Octavian, Caesar's great-nephew and adopted son, forming a three-man dictatorship known to historians as the Second Triumvirate. The Triumvirs defeated Caesar's killers, the Liberatores, at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, and divided the government of the Republic among themselves. Antony was assigned Rome's eastern provinces, including the client kingdom of Egypt, then ruled by Cleopatra VII, and was given the command in Rome's war against Parthia.

Relations among the triumvirs were strained as the various members sought greater political power. Civil war between Antony and Octavian was averted in 40 BC, when Antony married Octavian's sister, Octavia. Despite this marriage, Antony carried on a love affair with Cleopatra, who bore him three children, further straining Antony's relations with Octavian. Lepidus was expelled from the association in 36 BC, and in 33 BC, disagreements between Antony and Octavian caused a split between the remaining Triumvirs. Their ongoing hostility erupted into civil war in 31 BC when Octavian induced the republic to declare war on Cleopatra and proclaim Antony a traitor. Later that year, Antony was defeated by Octavian's forces at the Battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra fled to Egypt where, having again been defeated at the Battle of Alexandria, they died by suicide.

With Antony dead, Octavian became the undisputed master of the Roman world. In 27 BC, Octavian was granted the honorific title of Augustus, marking the final stage in the transformation of the Republic into a monarchy, with himself as the first Roman emperor.

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Volumnia Cytheris

Volumnia Cytheris

Volumnia Citeris (fl. siglo I a. C.) fue una antigua actriz y bailarina de mima romana. Se le conoce particularmente como la amante de varios romanos famosos.

Nacida posiblemente alrededor del 70 a. C.,​ Citeris fue originalmente una esclava de Publio Volumnio Eutrapelio​ pero luego se hizo liberta. Sobre los escenarios, normalmente era llamada Citeris. El nombre deriva de «Cythera», un apelativo de Afrodita.​ Citeris al parecer sostuvo relaciones con Bruto y con Marco Antonio (que puso fin a la relación hacia el 48 a. C. para casarse con Fulvia),​ que le atrajeron mucha atención en la antigua Roma de su tiempo. Se la menciona como acompañante de sus amantes aristocráticos​en ocasiones sociales en las que la presencia de una cortesana no era común y su presencia fue considerada escandalosa.

Al parecer, la esposa de Cicerón le pidió en algún punto a Citeris que la ayudara a reparar la relación entre su esposo y el amante de Citeris, Marco Antonio.

El rechazo de Citeris a Cayo Cornelio Galo supuestamente sirvió como tema de la décima Égloga de Virgilio.​ Galo se refiere a ella en su obra bajo el nombre de Lycoris,​ en alusión a uno de los nombres «Lycoreus»​ del dios griego de la música, Apolo.

Citeris una de las pocas cortesanas romanas influyentes y libres que es mencionada por sus contemporáneos, junto con Precia y Kelidon.​ Se desconoce el destino de Citeris y no es mencionada en fuente alguna después de cierto tiempo.​

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Mark Antony

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Glaphyra

Glaphyra (Greek: Γλαφύρα) was a hetaera, a form of courtesan, who lived in the 1st century BC. Glaphyra was famed and celebrated in antiquity for her beauty, charm and seductiveness. Her marriage to Archelaus the elder of Cappadocia gave her political power. Her later affair with Mark Antony occasioned a vulgar poem from Octavian Caesar.

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