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Mark Antony
M ARKA NTONY Born: c. 83 B.C.E.Rome (now in Italy) Died: 30 B.C.E.Alexandria, Egypt Roman politician and general The Roman politician and general Mark Antony was the chief rival of another prominent Roman politician, Octavian (63 ... Read more |
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John Cleveland
John Cleveland 1613-58, English poet and political satirist. He served the royalist cause both as soldier and poet. His best-known work was The Rebel Scot (1644). Though his contemporary fame was great, and his works originally went through 20 editions, he is known today chiefly for the lyrics ... Read more |
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Fulvia
Fulvia ♀ From the feminine form of the old Roman family name Fulvius, a derivative of Latin fulvus ‘dusky, tawny’ (ultimately akin to flavus; compare Flavia). The name does not seem to have been much used among early Christians, and there are no saints Fulvia or Fulvius. In... Read more |
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irony
irony figure of speech in which what is stated is not what is meant. The user of irony assumes that his reader or listener understands the concealed meaning of his statement. Perhaps the simplest form of irony is rhetorical irony, when, for effect, a speaker says the direct opposite of what she... Read more |
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Queen of Egypt Cleopatra VII
C LEOPATRAVII Born: 69 B.C.E.Alexandria, Egypt Died: August 30, 30 B.C.E.Alexandria, Egypt Egyptian ruler Cleopatra VII was the last ruler of Egypt from the house of the Ptolemy, a family that had ruled Egypt for generations. She earned... Read more |
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Mark Antony
Mark Antony See Antony |
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Antony, Mark
Antony, Mark (82–30 bc) ( Marcus Antonius) Roman general and statesman. Antony fought with distinction in Julius Caesar...campaign in Gaul (54–50 bc). In 49 bc Antony became tribune. Civil war broke out between... |
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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra, a tragedy by Shakespeare...7. Its chief source is the Life of Antony by Plutarch, as translated by Sir T. North...Pembroke and S. Daniel.The play presents Mark Antony, the great soldier and noble prince... |
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Actium, Battle of
...of Octavian (later Emperor Augustus), commanded by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, defeated the fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Mark Antony's army surrendered a week later, and Octavian became sole ruler of the Roman Empire. |
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Cleopatra
...44 bc she returned to Alexandria. Mark Antony followed her to Egypt, and they...Augustus), the brother of Mark Antony's former wife. Rome declared war on Egypt in 31 bc, and defeated Antony and Cleopatra's forces at the Battle... |
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Caesar, (Gaius) Julius
...resentment. He was assassinated in the Senate on March 15 by a conspiracy led by Cassius and Brutus. Caesar bequeathed his wealth and power to his grandnephew, Octavian (later Augustus) who, together with Mark Antony, avenged his murder. |
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Dance
...great choreographers like Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), Antony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, and Eliot Feld. During...of dance. They were succeeded by artists like Trisha Brown, Mark Morris, Twyla Tharp, and Bill T. Jones who combined dance... |
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Augustus
...Caesar, he formed the Second Triumvirate with Mark Antony and Lepidus after Caesar's assassination...the empire between them. Rivalry between Antony and Octavian was resolved by the defeat of Antony at Actium in 31 bc. While preserving the... |
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Plummer, (Arthur) Christopher Orme
...years he appeared mainly in Shakespeare, being seen as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar and Ferdinand in The Tempest in the...Macbeth and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (1962), and Antony in Antony and Cleopatra (1967). In 1961 he was seen at the... |
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McCowen, Alec Duncan
...Rigg's Eliza in Shaw's Pygmalion; in 1977 he played Antony in Antony and Cleopatra for Prospect and in 1978, in London and...solo performance in which he recited the whole of St Mark's Gospel from memory. He returned to the National... |
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Mark Antony
Mark Antony (Latin name Marcus Antonius) (83–30...hostility arose between the two. During Antony's struggle for ascendancy over the Senate led...Brutus and Cassius, at PHILIPPI in 42. Antony received the government of the eastern... |
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Antony, Mark
Antony, Mark See MARK ANTONY. |
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Roman civil wars
...supported by the republican party, struggled against MARK ANTONY. In 43 BC Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus formed a coalition whose...republicans led by Brutus and Cassius at PHILIPPI. Antony meanwhile joined forces with Cleopatra and was defeated... |
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Actium, Battle of
Actium, Battle of The battle in 31 BC in north-west Acarnania in western Greece at which Octavian defeated Mark Antony to become ruler of Rome. |
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius
...prose; his surviving works include speeches, treatises on rhetoric, philosophical works, and letters. He was a supporter of Pompey against Julius Caesar. In the Philippics (43 bc) he attacked Mark Antony, who had him put to death. |
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Coptic Church
...According to tradition the Church in Egypt was founded by St Mark; Alexandria was one of the chief sees in the early Church...Diocletian. In the 4th cent. monasticism was founded in Egypt by St Antony and others. Most of the Copts rejected the Council of Chalcedon... |
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Philippi
Philippi a city in ancient Macedonia, the scene in 42 bc of two battles in which Mark Antony and Octavian defeated Brutus and Cassius. The ruins lie close to the Aegean coast in NE Greece, near the port of Kaválla (ancient... |
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philippic
...orations of Demosthenes against Philip II, king of Macedon (IV B.C.); hence applied to Cicero's orations against Mark-Antony, and gen. to any invective or denunciatory speech. XVI. — L. philippicus — Gr. Philippikós, f. Phílippos... |
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Ptolemies
...Egyptians. Contact with the rising power of Rome came to a head during the reign of CLEOPATRA VII, whose liaison with MARK ANTONY led ultimately to defeat at Actium, suicide, and the annexation of Egypt by Octavian. |
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Cleopatra VII
...assassination in 44 she returned to Egypt, and in 41 met MARK ANTONY at Tarsus. He spent the following winter with her in Alexandria and she in due course gave birth to twins. In 37 Antony acknowledged these children and restored the territories... |
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CLEOPATRARGH; Queen of the Nile had pointy chin, thin lips and sharp nose...
...is a profile of her famous lover Mark Antony - and he's no Richard Burton...that she was a great beauty and Mark Antony was her handsome suitor. However...mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): ANTONY CLEOPATRA FACT AND FICTION: Dodgy... |
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Trials of MBT Arjun Mark-II conducted in Rajasthan: Antony.
...DRDO had carried out trials of Mark-II version of Arjun- main...Rajasthan," Defence Minister A K Antony told the Lok Sabha while replying...approximately Rs 37 crore," Antony said. The first batch of MBT...being undertaken by the DRDO, Antony said, "DRDO has ... |
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SAPPER MARK ANTONY SMITH KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.
...the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sapper Mark Antony Smith, from 36 Engineer Regiment, serving with...tragically killing Sapper Smith. Sapper Mark Antony Smith Sapper Mark Antony Smith was 26 years old and from ... |
 "The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)")
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Lovers' tomb? -- Site may be that of Mark Antony, Cleopatra
...discovery of the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is at hand...between Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and because of the sad...you look at the face of Mark Antony, many believed...the actor who played Mark ... |
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Mark Antony, Cleopatra Tomb May Be Found
...NPR Morning Edition 04-20-2009 Mark Antony, Cleopatra Tomb May Be Found Host...believes he found the lost tomb of Antony and Cleopatra. For over 2,000...and a mask with a cleft chin. Mark Antony is said to have had a cleft chin... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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MARK ANTONY HOTEL MAY BE REBORN BY FEBRUARY
ASHLAND - The once-proud Mark Antony Hotel has fallen on hard times. Visitors to the Oregon Shakespeare...least 125 creditors. When the hotel was built in 1924, the Mark Antony was the tallest structure on the West Coast between San Francisco... |
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Mark Antony Prece of American Italian Pasta Company Named 2006 Chef of the Year.
...Mo., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Antony Prece, CEC, Corporate Executive...students and apprentices. "Chef Mark is an integral part of the AIPC team...21-year member of the ACF, Chef Mark joined AIPC in 2000. He travels throughout... |
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Queen of the Nile had pointy chin, thin lips and sharp nose ..and Mark Antony...
...is a profile of her famous lover Mark Antony - and he's no Richard Burton...that she was a great beauty and Mark Antony was her handsome suitor. However...mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): ANTONY CLEOPATRA FACT AND FICTION: Dodgy... |
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The Actor Musters His Forces at Shakespeare; Andrew Long Makes Quick Study of...
...two crucial parts: the roles of Mark Antony in Shakespeare's Roman tragedies, "Julius Caesar" and "Antony and Cleopatra." The actor originally...this week in tandem with Kahn's "Antony and Cleopatra." "He's going... |
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MARK ANTONY MOMENT THAT PUT AN END TO A LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE......
...attempts to rebuild for the longer term under Micheal Martin. The bitterest pill for the Finance Minister came with a Mark Antony moment at a parliamentary party meeting yesterday. Mr Cowen singled out Mr Lenihan for special commendation on the... |
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