Mark Antony (83โ30 BC) was a Roman general and one of the most prominent supporters of Julius Caesar. After Caesar's assassination, he formed the Second Triumvirate with Octavian (later Augustus) and Lepidus to hunt down the conspirators.
Antony and Octavian defeated Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC. Afterwards, Antony took charge of the eastern provinces, where he began his famous romantic and political alliance with Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
Relations with Octavian deteriorated into civil war. Defeated at the naval Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Antony and Cleopatra fled to Alexandria. As Octavian's forces closed in the following year, Antony committed suicide by falling on his sword.