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Mark Anthony? - Anonymous - 09-10-2003
Anyone have a suggestion on what literature/s has the most info on this man?<br>
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Thanks in advance<br>
Regards, Morgantina <p></p><i></i>
Mark Antony - Anonymous - 09-11-2003
There's a relatively recent biography by Pat Southern, simply called "Mark Antony", published by Tempus in 1998, ISBN 0752414062 for the hardback. It's a good summary of his career.<br>
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Primary sources: try Plutarch's life of Antony, available both in Loeb and Penguin classics ("Makers of Rome"). Plutarch is a C2 AD source, though, so he's not contemporary, but his pen-portrait is the closest in time to Antony. Cicero's letters and "Philippics" contain much enjoyable anti-Antony vitriol, explaining why the great orator ended up with his head on a spike.<br>
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Hope this helps.<br>
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