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Mark Antony
Marcus Antonius (14 January 83 BC – 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.
Antony was a relative and supporter of Julius Caesar, and he served as one of his generals during the conquest of Gaul and Caesar's civil war. Antony was appointed administrator of Italy while Caesar eliminated political opponents in Greece, North Africa, and Spain. After Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Antony joined forces with Lepidus, another of Caesar's generals, and Octavian, Caesar's great-nephew and adopted son, forming a three-man dictatorship known to historians as the Second Triumvirate. The Triumvirs defeated Caesar's killers, the Liberatores, at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, and divided the government of the Republic among themselves. Antony was assigned Rome's eastern provinces, including the client kingdom of Egypt, then ruled by Cleopatra VII, and was given the command in Rome's war against Parthia.
Relations among the triumvirs were strained as the various members sought greater political power. Civil war between Antony and Octavian was averted in 40 BC, when Antony married Octavian's sister, Octavia. Despite this marriage, Antony carried on a love affair with Cleopatra, who bore him three children, further straining Antony's relations with Octavian. Lepidus was expelled from the association in 36 BC, and in 33 BC, disagreements between Antony and Octavian caused a split between the remaining Triumvirs. Their ongoing hostility erupted into civil war in 31 BC when Octavian induced the republic to declare war on Cleopatra and proclaim Antony a traitor. Later that year, Antony was defeated by Octavian's forces at the Battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra fled to Egypt where, having again been defeated at the Battle of Alexandria, they died by suicide.
With Antony dead, Octavian became the undisputed master of the Roman world. In 27 BC, Octavian was granted the honorific title of Augustus, marking the final stage in the transformation of the Republic into a monarchy, with himself as the first Roman emperor.
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Glafira
Glafira foi a mãe de Arquelau da Capadócia. Algumas fontes antigas a chamam de hetera, e ela possivelmente foi amante de Marco Antônio.
Glafira era uma mulher muito bela, ou uma hetera, que encantou Marco Antônio e fez ele decidir a sucessão da Capadócia para seu filho em detrimento de Ariarates IX, em 41 a.C. ou 36 a.C.. Segundo Apiano, seu filho se chamava Sisina, e segundo Dião Cássio, Arquelau; alguns historiadores consideram que Sisina e Arquelau eram a mesma pessoa, porém outros consideram que eles eram irmãos, Sisina, o mais velho, havendo sucedido Ariarates, porém sendo, depois, expulso por Ariarates, que foi sucedido por Arquelau em 36 a.C.
Arquelau da Capadócia, seu filho, era descendente de Arquelau, que foi general de Mitrídates VI do Ponto. Possivelmente Arquelau, o general de Mitrídates que desertou para o lado romano, foi o pai de Arquelau, que recebeu de Pompeu o título de sumo sacerdote de Belona, em Comana, na Capadócia, e tentou se tornar faraó do Egito, ao se casar com Berenice, rainha do Egito. Arquelau foi sucedido como sumo sacerdote por seu filho, também chamado Arquelau, o marido de Glafira.
O caso entre Marco Antônio e Glafira teria indignado Fúlvia, esposa de Marco Antônio, que tentou, por vingança, se tornar amante de Otávio; Otávio, porém, não cedeu às ameaças de Fúlvia.
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