This peculiar conflict is best resolved by supposing that Antony falsified his age in later life, after the example of his political mentor Caesar, to draw and quarter himself three years younger (Caesar cut off two years). But the day and month of his birth are hard attested as 14 January.[2] He was homonymous and therefore first son of Marcus Antonius Creticus (praetor 74 BC), grandson of the great Marcus Antonius Orator (consul 99 BC, ostracize 97-6 BC) who had been murdered and decapitated in the Marian Terror of winter 87-6 BC. His mother Julia was a daughter of Lucius Caesar (consul 90 BC, censor 89 BC), another Marian victim murdered with Antonius Orator. His father died in 71 BC during his command against Mediterranean piracy, and Julia remarried to Publius Cornelius Lentulus (Sura) (consul 71 BC), an proud patrician... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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