WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Antony was smitten by Cleopatra, and followed her to Alexandria. Not only did they form an alliance, but Antony fell in love with Cleopatra. They had three children between them, including twins. This became awkward because in the following year, 40 BC, Antony married Octavia, Octavian’s sister.

Detailed explanation-2: -43 BC-Second triumvirate formed. Powerful senators Lepidus, (Marc) Antony and Octavian (later called Augustus) take over and agree to rule together in the Second Triumvirate.

Detailed explanation-3: -The triumvirate was made up of Octavian, Caesar’s great-nephew and chosen heir; Mark Antony, a powerful general; and Lepidus, a Roman statesman. The empire was divided among the three, and Antony took up the administration of the eastern provinces.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mark Antony was a Roman general under Julius Caesar and later triumvir who ruled Rome’s eastern provinces (43–30 BCE). He was the lover of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, and was defeated by Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) in the last of the civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mark Antony, Octavius Caesar and Lepidus, having defeated Julius Caesar’s assassins at Philippi, now rule the Roman Empire as a triumvirate. While in Alexandria however, the ageing Antony has become captivated by Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (and mother to Julius Caesar’s illegitimate son, Caesarion).