Cicero, Caesar and Mark Antony

In this lecture, Dr Andrew Sillett (University of Oxford) introduces the figure of Mark Antony, focusing in particular on his family history, his early military and political career, and the reason why he became such a central figure in Roman politics in the wake of Caesar’s death.
This lecture is part of a larger course on Cicero's Second Philippic. The full course can be found here: www.massolit.io/courses/cicer...
MASSOLIT works with university academics to produce short video lectures in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It is available to schools and colleges on an institutional license as well as via private subscription: www.massolit.io/?source=yt

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