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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Roman orator, politician, and soldier. His love affair with Cleopatra split the triumvirate he had formed with Octavian and Lepidus and led to war. In 31 BC the forces of Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian at Actium, and both subsequently committed suicide.
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- noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
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Examples
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To paraphrase Mark Antony's eulogy of Julius Caesar, "I have come to bury the Republican Congress, not to praise it."
Bennet Kelley: A Brief Eulogy for the Republican Congress 2008
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Marcus Antonius, commonly called Mark Antony, was a celebrated Roman general and successful politician, who was born in 83 B.C. His grandfather, on his mother's side, was L. Julius C.esar, and it is thought that to Mark's sagacity in his selection of a mother, much of his subsequent success was due.
Remarks Bill Nye 1873
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Cesar (Bloomberg) hopped a jet to sunny Los Angeles to argue about a referendum then returned for a Broadway opening, while Mark Antony aka Chris Quinn decided she'd refrain from attending the hearings thus opting to attend meetings all day.
Room Eight 2008
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Had farmer Charest been a second "Mark Antony," the recognition of his oratorical ability could not have been more marked.
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When Caesar was assassinated in Rome, she embarked on a 13-year affair with Mark Antony that lasted until their suicides in 30BC.
Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011
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James Purefoy as Mark Antony in the same series, of course, was conventionally beautiful, and while this is not historically accurate, I suspect that like most women viewers, I'm not going to complain overmuch.
Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011
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James Purefoy, who portrayed Mark Antony on HBO's Rome, will play a love interest for Victoria Madeleine Stowe on Revenge, TheInsider.com reports.
Rome's James Purefoy Heads to Revenge to Woo Victoria Grayson 2012
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And while he was unlikely to have been a slave to his love for Cleopatra, as various chroniclers assert, the truth was that, wherever Mark Antony went, sexual charm inevitably followed.
Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011
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Well known for his role as Mark Antony on HBO's Rome, Purefoy's credits also include Camelot and The Philanthropist.
Pilot Season: Rome's James Purefoy to Star With Kevin Bacon in Kevin Williamson's Fox Project 2012
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When food prices spike—and this goes all the way back to the days when Mark Antony had to import grain from Egypt—there is no way to put a cap on civil unrest back home.
Go Ahead, America, Leave It to Bieber Joe Queenan 2011
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