Antonius
historical figure · 7 works · 7 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Antony's grandfather · the orator Antonius
spoken of as
1 expressionAntonius the Orator“Antony's Grandfather”1 mention
Antony (Greek)
Antony’s grandfather was the orator Antonius, who joined the party of Sulla and was put to death by Marius;
in the texts
Aemilius Paulus
Roman commander in revolt against Domitian, whose rumored defeat spread through Rome before the real news arrived.
When, namely, Antonius was in revolt from Domitian, and a great war was expected from Germany, and Rome was in commotion, suddenly and spontaneously the people of their own accord spread abroad a report of a victory, and a story coursed through Rome that Antonius himself had been slain, and that of his defeated army not a portion was left alive.
Antony
Antony's grandfather, a noted orator who joined Sulla's faction and was executed by Marius.
Antony’s grandfather was the orator Antonius, who joined the party of Sulla and was put to death by Marius;
Cicero
Gaius Antonius Hybrida, Cicero's consular colleague who led forces against Catiline in the field.
and Catiline, after a conflict with his remaining forces against Antonius, perished himself and his army with him.
Pompey
A Roman who had celebrated a triumph, whose daughter was seized by pirates for ransom.
They also captured a daughter of Antonius, a man who had celebrated a triumph, as she was going into the country, and exacted a large ransom for her.
Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata
A Roman suspected by Caesar's friends of disloyalty along with Dolabella, but dismissed by Caesar as posing no real danger.
Antonius and Dolabella were suspected by his friends, who advised him to secure them;
Sertorius
The conspirator who struck Sertorius with his sword and pinned him down as he was killed by the others.
Sertorius turned at the blow and would have risen with his assailant, but Antonius fell upon his chest and seized both his hands, so that he could make no defence even, and died from the blows of many.
But when Perpenna, after taking a cup of wine in his hands, dropped it as he was drinking and made a clatter with it, which was their signal, Antonius, who reclined above Sertorius on the couch, smote him with his sword.
De Pallio
Figure cited for notorious drunkenness.
I will give a cathartic to the impurity of Scaurus and the gaming of Curius and the wine-bibbing of Antonius.