So i have been researching Cleopatra and I saw a lot of different stories of the death of cleo and antonius. Now i really want to know how Antonius died. Did he commit suicide because someone told him she died or did he die in her arms???? I really dont know... what did school teach u guys? Or what did u find on the internet?
Been reading Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series, and Fulvia, in this book, is described as a granddaughter of Gaius Gracchus through her mother's side (Gaius Gracchus & Licinia -> Sempronia, Sempronia & Fulvius Flaccus Bambalio -> Fulvia).
I'm wondering whether this is a fact or another case of the author being liberal with it? I like the idea -- I mean, it is pretty plausible, I think, given Fulvia's massive wealth and her Populares-leaning politics -- but I'd love to know if it actually has a chance of being historically accurate.
Now, thanks to Cicero I know that Fulvia's father was named Bambalio, but google search didn't turn up anything definitive about Sempronia(Fulvia's mother)'s parentage, aside from some French wiki pages which I find suspect. Can anyone direct me to a source that could clear this up?
I was wondering if anyone knew what position Marcus Antonius held under Julius Caesar in Gaul. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! I have figured out that maybe he was a legatus???
I know he appears briefly in the Jewish histories of Flavius Josephus, but I am hoping for something other than Cicero, Appian, Plutarch and the other usually cited sources.
I'm currently watching Rome (the tv-series) and have been reading along on Wikipedia in the meantime about some of these historical figures, but I don't understand why the names of many of them are different in English than what they've (according to wiki) been in Latin/Greek?
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My wife got me this for my birthday a while back, and it is supposed to be Octavian on one side, and Marcus Antonius on the other but that's really all I know about it assuming it's true. Is that actually them? Would this coin have much value at the time or is the equivalent of a dime? Is it strange for them both to be on the same coin or does it represent some sort of alliance?
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So I was listening to the History of Rome podcast and the narrator talked about how when Augustus returned to Rome from Egypt he went about destroying everything to do with his late rival. My question is how did all the information we have regarding Marcus Antonius survive this purge?
