Essay On Mark Antony's Actions

Marcus Antonius and his Actions against Rome Following Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 B.C.E., Mark Antony assumed his position of authority in the state of Rome. However, in the same year Gaius Octavius, the chosen heir and grandnephew of Caesar, complicated Antony’s plan to obtain and hold the power in Rome. Gaius Octavius, or Octavian, came to Rome after hearing the news of Caesar’s death, as he was left an inheritance from Caesar and came to receive it. Competition with Antony for the rule of Rome, caused him to make unjust and self-centered actions, including the disregard of Roman law, to try to secure his rule of the Roman Empire. The case of the United Nations vs. Marcus Antonius must be brought to trial because there is evidence to support his violation of Roman law with regard to forming a political alliance with a foreign ruler in order to enhance his personal position, committing adultery, and committing acts of treason. One account of Mark Antony’s violation of Roman law was through his alliance with a foreign leader that benefited primarily himself, but would eventually …show more content…
Mark Antony committed treason against Rome with regard to the illegal redistribution of governors’ territories, and fighting against his own state on the side of a foreign ruler. Huzar, an expert witness and specialist on the Roman Republic and Egypt, in Mark Antony, a biography shares that Mark Antony illegally called the Senate to a meeting where he proceeded to redistribute the governor’s territories apart from the way that had been agreed upon after Caesar’s death. Mark Antony had arranged the new lots to benefit himself and his allies, giving Gaius Antonius, his brother, rule of Macedonia. Antony’s illegal calling of a senate meeting to rearrange the territories of the governors was once again a violation of the Roman law in a way to benefit