Antonius, Marcus (Anto`nius, Marcus) (Mark Antony), grandson of the preceding and warm partisan of Cæsar; after the murder of the latter defeated Brutus and Cassius at Philippi, formed a triumvirate with Octavius and Lepidus, fell in love with the famous Cleopatra, was defeated by Octavius in the naval battle of Actium, and afterwards killed himself (83‒30 B.C.).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Anto`nius, Marcus * An`tony, St.