Mark Antony, the lover and ally of …
Years: 33BCE - 22BCE
Mark Antony, the lover and ally of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, betrays the Roman government and joins the war on Cleopatra’s side after the Roman Senate declares war on her.
Cleopatra and Antony, after the decisive victory for Octavian and his friend and general Agrippa at the Battle of Actium, withdraw to Alexandria, where Octavian besieges the city until both Antony and Cleopatra die by suicide.
Rome annexes Egypt.
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- Roman Civil War of 44-31 BCE
- Antony's Parthian War
- Roman Republic, Final War of the
- Actium, Battle of
