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theantonian · 4 months

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Hellenistic period sardonyx cameo portrait of Mark Antony as Alexander the Great. H. 3.7cm. W. 3.5cm.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médaille et antiques, Paris.

Photograph: Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

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woozapooza · 6 months

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favorite character per show 24/∞: Rome → Mark Antony (James Purefoy)

#HBO Rome #Rome HBO #romeedit #perioddramaedit #Mark Antony #Marcus Antonius #James Purefoy #x #my gifs #favepershow #when in doubt...ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!#100

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doobydoobydoowau · 1 year

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imagine this: you're the baddest bitch in the Roman Republic. you have spent the past few decades fighting, fucking and planning to take control of the known world. you've killed millions of people. you became the fucking pontifex maximus and used some guy's idea to reinvent the calendar. you were the first roman to have a terrible vacation experience in the UK. you won a civil war. your best friend likes to commission naked statues of you and stand in front of them calling you a king at parties.

it's the 15th March 44 b.c.e and life is good. the people love you and you just became a dictator for life. you leave your mansion, ignoring your wife's pleas for you to stay (venus above that woman is in love with you) and shake off the soothsayer who keeps following you around and talking about your doom (spurinna is obsessed with you). you swagger into work, sit down, and are immediately stabbed by a bunch of your coworkers. you stagger around for a bit feeling sorry for yourself, before collapsing down dead at the statue of the guy that you had that civil war against. what a way to go.

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adhdthomasthorne · 1 year

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HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2009-2014) | Series 2, Episode 8

#horrible histories #mat baynton #mathew baynton #martha howe douglas #lawry lewin #tvedit #tvgifs #tvshowgifs #tvshowedit #horriblehistoriesedit #six idiots #mari's stuff #ides of march #the ides of march #mark antony #marcus antonius #history #happy stabby day everyone

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illustratus · 1 year

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Caesar Octavianus finds Cleopatra by the body of Antonius

by Josef Platzer

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laikaru · 7 months

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Antony dismisses a young Octavian on his return from Illyria

#my art #roman republic #ancient rome #classics #marc antony #octavian #augustus #marcus antonius #gaius octavius #ancient history

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lionofchaeronea · 3 months

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Denarius of the famous Roman general and statesman Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), born 14 January 83 BCE. This coin was minted in the late summer or autumn of 38 BCE, possibly to advertise the renewal of the triumvirate between Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus in that year. At the time of its issue, Antony was preparing, with Cleopatra's help, for a campaign against the Parthian Empire (which would, in the event, end in disaster, severely weakening his position and setting the stage for his final showdown with Octavian). The obverse of the coin bears the bust of Antony, who is identified as AUGUR (an important Roman priesthood, responsible for taking the auspices by observing the flight of birds) and TRESVIR R(EI) P(UBLICAE) C(ONSTITUENDAE) (the official title of the members of the triumvirate). The reverse, in a testimony to Antony's past glories and future ambitions, labels him IMPER(ATOR) TER(TIUS) ("thrice acclaimed victor") and bears a trophy (tropaeum), an empty suit of armor erected to mark the point at which the enemy army began to flee.

Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

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wishmemellon · 1 month

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Damn, Brutus.

(Plutarch, Life of Antony, p. 185)

#I never draw landscapes I desperately needed the practice #I had fun with new brushes #julius caesar #shakespeare #marcus junius brutus #mark antony #marcus antonius #late roman republic #roman republic #Rome #art

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bewaretheidiotsofmarch · 1 month

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BEWARE.....them

[ Ides 2023 that deserves a repost]

Foreground: Cinna, Casca, Decimus, Brutus, Metellus, g.Casca, Titinius, Cassius

Background: Antony, Calpurnia, Caesar- at least.. it WAS Caesar. 🫡🙏🏻😔

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historical-kitten · 8 months

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Inspired by @just-late-roman-republic-things' lists like this. XD I love them so much I had to try one.

The way ancient politicians escape a corn maze.

Octavian: He has scouted the route in advance and plotted a course. When he gets lost, he follows Agrippa out and takes the credit.

Agrippa: Literally the only one who finds his way out easily and on his own. He was never lost.

Mark Antony: He makes his way through somehow despite not planning a path. If he hits a dead end, he just pushes through the corn. At least once he hides in the corn and jump-scares Octavian to make him scream.

Lepidus: He entered the maze, but no one saw him exit. No one searches for him. Octavian says he made it home and Antony agrees. The fact they agree on this is concerning...

Cicero: He solves the layout immediately but then second guesses himself. As he walks, he audibly describes his thought process, pausing at every turn. Everyone behind him is in agony.

Dolabella: He sets the maze on fire after he finds out he still owes the entry fee and they won't waive it. He tries to blame Mark Antony.

Julius Caesar: He sends flunkies through to scout the maze for him and follows after they give him a map. He is dubbed the first to navigate the maze successfully.

Pompey: He gets lost on his own so he bribes someone to lead him out and after he exits, calls anyone else who had assistance to escape a cheater.

Crassus: He bought an aerial view of the maze beforehand and uses this to get out successfully. After Dolabella sets the maze on fire, he tries to sell the owner insurance.

Brutus: He navigates the maze successfully after he bands together with Cassius and essentially follows his friend out of the maze. Somehow he's the one who gets all the credit.

#ancient rome #ancient roman politicians #octavian #gaius julius caesar octavianus #mark antony #marcus antonius #lepidus #marcus agrippa #cicero #publius cornelius dolabella #gaius julius caesar #magnus pompey #marcus licinius crassus #marcus junius brutus #cassius #ancient history #the idea was from just-late-roman-republic-things #i just wanted to try #ancient memes

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creative-chaos-apparently · 3 months

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This is an artwork I did for @historical-kitten!

I redrew this design from a vintage 70’s print of “Antony and Cleopatra”. I’ve replaced the three cats with Historical Kitten’s two REAL little buddies!

#night at the museum #kingdoms jedtavius #cleopatra #marcus antonius #mark antony #cleopatra vii #history #illustration #my art #art #illustrator

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theantonian · 3 months

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Red Jasper Sealstone Intaglio of Heroic Antonius.

Roman c 40-30BC

L: 1.40 cm/W: 1 cm

An exceptionally clear profile portrait, with long, tousled hair, the locks carefully delineated and no beard. The nose is hooked, the slightly open mouth downturned and the chin prominent. The features resemble those of Mark Antony on some of his coin portraits, and the bust ends at the neck.

from The British Museum

Source: The British Museum

#mark antony #marc antony #marcus antonius #british museum #red jasper #intaglio #jewellery #antiquity #antiquities #roman art #art #art history #rome #ancient rome #roman history #roman empire #roman republic #ancient art

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cipher-of-the-round-table · 1 month

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A report on Caesar’s Funeral: Antony Speaks!

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, and grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men– Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.

He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.

I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, but here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me.

#ides of march #marcus antonius #marcus junius brutus #cassius #gaius julius caesar

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cawcawb1tchezz · 1 month

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