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Marcus Antonius Orator (died 87 BC) was a Roman
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
 politician of the Antonius
Antonius

Antonius was the nomen of the Roman naming convention Antonia, one of the most important plebs families of ancient Rome. The family claimed descendancy from Anton, a son of the Greek god Hercules....
 family and one of the most distinguished Roman orators of his time. He started his cursus honorum
Cursus honorum

The cursus honorum was the Sequence order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in both the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire....
 as quaestor
Quaestor

Quaestor is a type of public official.In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers....
 in 113 BC and in 102 BC he was elected praetor
Praetor

Praetor was a Title#Titles_for_heads_of_state granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, either before it was mustered or more typically in the field, or an elected Magistratus assigned duties that varied depending on the historical period....
 with proconsul
Proconsul

Ancient RomeIn the Roman Republic, a proconsul was a promagistrate who, after serving as consul, spent a year as a Roman governor of a Roman province....
ar powers for the province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
 of Cilicia
Cilicia

In antiquity, Cilicia now known as ?ukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of the Anatolian peninsula, and a political entity in Roman times....
. During his term, Antonius fought the pirates with such success that the Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
 voted a naval triumph
Roman triumph

A Roman triumph was a civil religion and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publically celebrate the achievements of an army commander who had won great military successes, originally and traditionally, who had successfully completed a war....
 in his honor. He was then elected consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
 in 99 BC, together with Aulus Postumius Albinus
Aulus Postumius Albinus

Aulus Postumius Albinus, was a politician of the Roman Republic, and second Roman consul in 99 BC with Marcus Antonius Orator. Aulus Gellius quotes the words of a Senatus consultum ultimum passed in their con?sulship in consequence of the spears of Mars having moved....
, and in 97 BC, he was elected censor.






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Marcus Antonius Orator (died 87 BC) was a Roman
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
 politician of the Antonius
Antonius

Antonius was the nomen of the Roman naming convention Antonia, one of the most important plebs families of ancient Rome. The family claimed descendancy from Anton, a son of the Greek god Hercules....
 family and one of the most distinguished Roman orators of his time. He started his cursus honorum
Cursus honorum

The cursus honorum was the Sequence order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in both the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire....
 as quaestor
Quaestor

Quaestor is a type of public official.In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers....
 in 113 BC and in 102 BC he was elected praetor
Praetor

Praetor was a Title#Titles_for_heads_of_state granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, either before it was mustered or more typically in the field, or an elected Magistratus assigned duties that varied depending on the historical period....
 with proconsul
Proconsul

Ancient RomeIn the Roman Republic, a proconsul was a promagistrate who, after serving as consul, spent a year as a Roman governor of a Roman province....
ar powers for the province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
 of Cilicia
Cilicia

In antiquity, Cilicia now known as ?ukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of the Anatolian peninsula, and a political entity in Roman times....
. During his term, Antonius fought the pirates with such success that the Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
 voted a naval triumph
Roman triumph

A Roman triumph was a civil religion and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publically celebrate the achievements of an army commander who had won great military successes, originally and traditionally, who had successfully completed a war....
 in his honor. He was then elected consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
 in 99 BC, together with Aulus Postumius Albinus
Aulus Postumius Albinus

Aulus Postumius Albinus, was a politician of the Roman Republic, and second Roman consul in 99 BC with Marcus Antonius Orator. Aulus Gellius quotes the words of a Senatus consultum ultimum passed in their con?sulship in consequence of the spears of Mars having moved....
, and in 97 BC, he was elected censor. He held a command in the Social War in 90 BC. During the civil war
Roman civil wars

List of civil wars involving Rome. There were several Roman civil wars, especially during the time of the late Roman Republic....
 between Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius was a Roman Republic general and politician elected consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his dramatic Marian Reforms of Roman legion, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens and reorganizing the structure of the legions into separate Cohort ....
 and Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , or simply Sulla, was a Roman general and politician, holding the office of consul twice as well as the Roman dictator....
, Antonius supported the latter. This cost him his life; Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Lucius Cornelius Cinna

Lucius Cornelius Cinna was a four-time consul of the Roman Republic, serving consecutive terms from 87 to 84 BC, and a member of the ancient Rome Cinna family of the Cornelii gens....
 executed him when they obtained possession of Rome in 87 BC.

Throughout his political career, he continued to appear as a mediative defender or an accuser in Roman courts of law. Antonius' modern reputation for eloquence derives from the authority of Cicero, since none of his speeches survive. He is one of the chief speakers in Cicero's De Oratore.

Antonius had a daughter Antonia who was captured in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 by pirates, from whom her father ransomed her for a large sum. He also had two sons Marcus Antonius Creticus
Marcus Antonius Creticus

Marcus Antonius Creticus was a Ancient Rome politician, member of the Antonius family. Creticus was son of Marcus Antonius Orator and by his marriage to Julia Antonia he had three sons triumvir Mark Antony, Gaius Antonius and Lucius Antonius ....
 and Gaius Antonius Hybrida
Gaius Antonius Hybrida

Gaius Antonius Hybrida was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was the second son of Marcus Antonius Orator and brother of Marcus Antonius Creticus....
. The former was the father of the famous general and triumvir, Mark Antony
Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius , known in English as Marc Antony, was a Roman Republic politician and General. He was an important supporter and the best friend of Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, being Caesar's second cousin, once removed, by his mother Julia Antonia....
.

To see the paternal ancestors of Antonius, see figures 1-7 at &