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Marcus Antonius (father) Marcus Antonius Creticus ( fl. 74 - 72 BC), was a Roman politician during the late Roman Republic. He is best known for his failed pirate-hunting career and for being the father of the general Mark Antony .
Oct 18, 2005 · Marcus Antonius II "Creticus" Praetor ROMAN EMPIRE,1601,1746 son of Marcus Antonius "the Orator" Consul ROMAN EMPIRE and Unknown, was born in , , Roma, Italy and died in 68 B.C. in , , Roma, Italy. General Notes: He was Praetor, B.C. 71, and took care of the granaries, made war unsuccessfully upon the Cretans and died in grief B. C. 68.
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Marcus Antonius Creticus (116 BC-71 BC) was a member of the Roman Senate and the father of Mark Antony. Marcus Antonius Creticus was born in 116 BC, the son of the orator Marcus Antonius; he married Julia Antonia and had three sons: Mark Antony, Lucius Antonius, and Gaius Antonius. He served as praetor in 74 BC, and he received an extraordinary commission to clear the Mediterranean of pirates ...
Nov 24, 2019 · His father was called Marcus Antonius Creticus, and earned the nickname “Creticus” after he suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Cretan pirates. Either way, Creticus was generally considered as one of the typical inept and villainous public figures of the late Roman Republic .
Brief Life History of Marcus Antonius Creticus. When Marcus Antonius Creticus, Praetor was born in 0108 BC, in Roma, Lazio, Italy, his father, Gaius Marius, was 49 and his mother, Julia Minor, was 19. He died in 0074 BC, in Crete, Greece, at the age of 34.
Antonius, Marcus, son of M. *Antonius (1) and father of Mark Antony (M. *Antonius (2)) and of L. *Antonius (Pietas), an easy-going man, dominated by his noble wife Julia (see *Iulius Caesar (2), Lucius). As praetor (74 bce) he received an *imperium rhetorically described as infinitum against the pirates (see piracy).
Bust of Mark Antony. Marcus Antonius (Latin: M•ANTONIVS•M•F•M•N) [1] (c. January 14, 83 B.C.E. – August 1, 30 B.C.E. ), known in English as Mark Antony (also spelled Marc Anthony; Latin, Marcus Antonius), was a Roman politician and general. He was an important supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator.
