Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

ANTO2497 C. Antonius (20) M. f. M. n.

Status

Life Dates

  • 80?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 42, death - violent (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

son of
? Iulia (543) (daughter of? L. Iulius (142) L. f. Sex. n. Caesar (cos. 90)) (Zmeskal 2009)
M. Antonius (29) M. f. Creticus (pr. 74) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Phil. 2.42, Plut. Ant. 1.1, App. Sik. 6.2, Dio 45.47.3

brother of
? Antonia (111) (daughter of M. Antonius (29) M. f. Creticus (pr. 74)) (DPRR Team)
L. Antonius (23) M. f. M. n. Pietas (cos. 41) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XLV 9.2

M. Antonius (30) M. f. M. n. (cos. 44) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Phil. VII 16, Cic. Phil. X 10, Cic. Phil. X 4, Cic. Phil. XI 36, Cic. Phil. XIII 26, Cic. Phil. XIII 30, Cic. Phil. XIII 49, Cic. Phil. XIII 4, Cic. Phil. XIV 9, Dio XLV 22.3, Dio XLV 9.2, Dio XLV 9.3, Dio XLVII 24.3, Dio XLVII 25.1, Plut. Ant. 15.2, Plut. Ant. 22.4, Plut. Brut. 25.2, Vell. II 69.2-4

Career

  • Quaestor 51 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • One of the three brothers of whom Marcus was Quaestor in 52 and Lucius in 50 (see Cic. Fam. 2.18.2-3). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 49 Illyricum (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate of Caesar,who placed him charge of the defence of Illyricum, but he was defeated and forced to surrender by Pompey's captains (Caes. BC 3.4.2, and 10.5, and 67.5; Liv. Per. 110; Suet. M. 36, legatos; App. BC 2.41, and 47; Flor. 2.13.31-33; Dio 41.40; 42.11.1; Oros. 6.15.8-9; cf. Lucan 4.402-581, and Schol. Bern. on Lucan 4, pp. 134-136 Usener). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tribunus Plebis? 46 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Niccolini (FTP 341-343) asserts the probability that C. Antonius, like his brothers, included the tribunate of the plebs in his career, as, indeed, Cicero expected him to do (Cic. Fam. 2.18.2: tres fratres summo loco natos.... quos video deinceps tribunos pl. per triennium fore, May 50), but there is no direct evidence that he did so. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Pontifex 45 to 42 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Probably elected a Pontifex under Caesar (Grueber, CRRBM 2.470, 43 B. G). (Broughton MRR II)
    • The inscription Pont(ifex) and the emblems of the pontificate on his coins (Grueber, CRRBM 2.470). See above, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his priesthood, see Grueber, CRRBM 2.470; on his death, see 43, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Septemvir Agris Dividendis? 44 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Antony and Dolabella carried about mid-June a bill to establish a commission of seven (Cic. Att. 15.19.2; Phil. 5.21; 8.26; 12.23) with L. Antonius as chairman to divide all available public land among veteran soldiers and needy citizens (Cic. Phil. 5.7; Dio 45.9.1; cf. Cic. Att. 15.12.2, and 15.1, and 17.1, and 19.2; 16.3.1; Phil. 5.20; 7.17; 13.37; on Antony and Dolabella, see Phil. 5.33; 11.13; on L. Antonius, Phil. 5.20; 6.13; 7.16-17; 11.13; 12.20; 13.37; on Lento and Nucula, Phil. 2.99; 6.14; 8.26; 11.13; 12.20 and 23; 13.2 and 26 and 37; on C. Antonius, Att. 15.19.2, which is against including him. Saxa and Cafo had received lands in Campania, and Saxa was a skilled surveyor who expected to use his art, Cic. Phil. 8. 9 and 26; 10. 22; 11. 12 and 37; 12.20; and on Saxa also Phil. 2.99; 11.13; 13.2 and 27; 14.10; on both, see Syme, JRS 27 [1937] 127-137; and D.-G. 1.83, note 4). The law was declared invalid on January 4, 43, by decree of the Senate on the ground that it was carried by force (Cic. Phil. 5.7 and 2 1 ; 6.14:; 11. 13). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 44 Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Plut. Ant. 15.3; App. BC 3.14; Dio 45.9.2; Zonar. 10.13. Appian mistakenly terms him Praetor Urbanus (see below, M. Iunius Brutus), but when Brutus withdrew from Rome he assumed the duties of the Praetor Urbanus, including the celebration of the Ludi Apollinares (App. BC 3.23; cf. Cic. Att. 15.12.1; 16.1.1, and 4.1, and 5.1; Phil. 1.36; 2.31; 10.7-8; Plut. Brut. 21.2-3; Dio 47.20.2). In the Senate meeting on November 28 he was assigned the province of Macedonia, and departed soon afterwards from Italy (Cic. Phil. 3.26, cf. 38; 7.3 and 16; 10.9; Plut. Brut. 25.2; Dio 47.21.4-7). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Moneyer 43 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 484 (RRC)
  • Proconsul 43 Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Macedonia (see 44, Praetors), an appointment which was rescinded by the Senate late in 44 (Cic. Ad Brut. 2.5.3-4; Phil. 3.37-39; 5.3; 7.3; 10.10; 11.28; Grueber, CRRBM 2.470; cf. Dio 46.29.4). He attempted to add the forces of Vatinius to his single legion (see 44, Promagistrates, on Vatinius), but Brutus promptly besieged him in Apollonia and compelled him to surrender by the middle of March (Cic. Phil. 10. 11-13, and passim; 11.26; 13.30; Plut. Brut. 25-26; App. BC 3.79; 4.75; Dio 47.21.4-7). Brutus held him in honorable custody, even allowing him to retain his lictors and insignia, but placed him under close guard when he attempted to foment a mutiny (Cic. Ad Brut. 2.5.3-4; 1.2.3, and 3a; Plut. Brut. 26; App. BC 3.79; Dio 47.22-24). News of the formation of the Second Triumvirate and the proscriptions led Brutus, probably early in 42, to order his execution (Liv. Per. 121, cf. 124; Senec. Cons. ad Polyb. 16; Plut. Brut. 28.1-2; Ant. 22.4; App. BC 3.79; Dio 47.25.1; cf. Vell. 2.71.2). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. 44. Proconsul in Macedonia 43. See MRR 2.342. On his coinage, see now Crawford, RRC 1.496, no. 484.[18] (Broughton MRR III)

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