Antoninus
Surnamed Pius, was adopted by the Emperor Adrian, whom he succeeded. He was remarkable for all the virtues forming a perfect statesman, philosopher, and king.
He treated his subjects with affability and humanity, and listened with patience to every complaint brought before him." He died in his seventy-fifth year, after a reign of twenty-three years, A. D. 160.
Antonius, Marcus. Mark Antony, the triumvir, distinguished himself by his ambitious views.
When Julius Caesar was killed in the senate house, Antony delivered an oration over his A body, the eloquence of which is recorded in Shakespeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar. Antony had married Fulvia, whom he repudiated to marry Octavia, the sister of Augustus. He fought by the side of Augustus at the battle of Philippi, against the murderers of Julius Caesar. Subsequently he became enamored with Cleopatra, the renowned queen of Egypt, and repudiated Octavia to marry her. He was utterly defeated at the battle of Actium, and stabbed himself. He died in the fifty-sixth year of his age, B. C. 30.
Shakespeare, in his noble tragedy-Antony and Cleopatra-makes Antony appeal to his attendant, Eros, to slay him, who refuses, when Antony falls on his own sword. The reader is referred to the fourth act of the play, where Antony, defeated and heartbroken, addresses his attendant: "Unarm, Eros; the long day's task is done, And we must sleep."
Antonius, Julius. Son of the famous triumvir Antony, by Fulvia, was consul with Paulus Fabius Maximus. He was surnamed Africanus, and put to death by order of Augustus, but some say he killed himself.