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The Roman politician and general Mark Antony was the chief rival of another prominent Roman politician, Octavian (63 B.C.E.–14 C. E.), seeking leadership of the Roman Empire. Both men desired to assume power after the assassination (political murder) of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. The man who came out on top of this struggle would go on to become perhaps the most powerful figure in the world at that time.
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Football: High honour of O'Neill 'Wasn't it Mark Antony who said Brutus was an honourable man? And look what happened to him'; Nick Townsend talks to Leicester's leader about the move that wasn't
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Fifty facts to mark Tony's fiftieth year His father was a foster child, he played Mark Antony in Julius Ceasar while at university and he wore high heels as the lead singer for The Ugly Rumours, a maudlin rock cover band. Nell Raven delves into the past of the PM
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Her long liaison with Mark Antony began when she visited him at Tarsus in 41 BC and he returned to Egypt with her. Between 36 and 30 BC the famous romance between the Roman general and the eastern queen was exploited to great effect by Antony's political rival Octavian (the future emperor Augustus).
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Like Chekhov’s drunken peasant, Mark Antony’s last years were almost unimaginably distant from his adolescence, and this of course makes the most fascinating of lives and the most fertile of myths. Julius Caesar may have carved his name forever into Western History, but he was after all a descendant of Venus, and then of Aeneas. Anything less would only have been disappointing. Antony, on the other hand, was the son of a humble and honest man who was once scolded by his wife for giving away a silver dish to a needy friend. Half a century or so later, Mark Antony died in the arms of one of the most exciting personalities of the ancient world, in the most spectacular palace, in the most extravagant city. He had been Imperator and Triumvir, the highest positions attainable.
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When its original promise failed to materialize, the Lithia Springs was renamed in 1961 as the Mark Antony to capitalize on the economic revival brought about by the success of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. An ill-fated 1978 renovation and continuing financial problems contributed to a downward spiral only recently halted by its purchase by a new owner who undertook an extensive restoration. This renovation, under the National Parks Service's Certified Rehabilitation program for which the owners received a historic preservation tax credit, has returned the hotel to its original grandeur. Now known as the Ashland Springs Hotel, the completed renovation combines elements of its earlier style with the modern comfort required by today's travelers. Its location at the center of downtown will prove attractive to Festival-goers and locals alike. Thus the landmark hotel tower has resumed its original prime position in Ashland's landscape.
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