Marcus Antonius (orator)

E726457

Marcus Antonius was a renowned Roman orator and statesman of the late Republic, celebrated for his eloquence and featured as a central speaker in Cicero’s rhetorical dialogues.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marcus Antonius (orator) canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Republican politician
Roman orator
Roman statesman
consul of the Roman Republic
birthDate 143 BC
birthPlace Rome
causeOfDeath execution
citizenship Roman Republic
cognomen Antonius
conflict Social War
consulshipYear 99 BC
deathDate 87 BC
deathPlace Rome
era late Roman Republic
executedBy order of Gaius Marius
executedDuring Marius and Cinna’s domination of Rome
family gens Antonia
fatherOf Marcus Antonius Creticus
gender male
grandfatherOf Mark Antony
knownFor Roman oratory
being one of the greatest Roman orators before Cicero
forensic eloquence
language Latin
mentionedIn Cicero’s Brutus
Cicero’s De Oratore
linked to: De oratore, Book I

Cicero’s Orator
linked to: De oratore, Book I
name Marcus Antonius
linked to: Mark Antony
nomen Antonius
notableRelative Marcus Antonius Creticus
Mark Antony
occupation advocate
orator
statesman
officeHeld consul of the Roman Republic
politicalFaction optimates
praenomen Marcus
reputation foremost orator of his generation
roleInWork central speaker in Cicero’s De Oratore
servedAs praetor
proconsul
quaestor
styleOfOratory practical and effective forensic speaking
teacherOf Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus
timePeriod 1st century BC
2nd century BC

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

De oratore dialogueParticipants Marcus Antonius (orator)
gens Antonia member Marcus Antonius (orator)
De oratore, Book I featuresCharacter Marcus Antonius (orator)
Antonius family notableMember Marcus Antonius (orator)
Servius Sulpicius Rufus studiedUnder Marcus Antonius (orator)