Marcus Antonius Antyllus

Marcus Antonius Antyllus (* 47 BC in Rome ; † 30 BC ) was the eldest son of the Roman triumvir Marcus Antonius and his wife Fulvia . His nickname Antyllus means little Antonius .

After the death of his mother in exile in Greece in Sikyon 40 BC. BC Antyllus and his brother Iullus Antonius grew up with their stepmother Octavia , Octavian's sister , in Athens . At the age of ten, Antyllus was engaged to Iulia , Octavian's two-year-old daughter.

Since 36 BC BC he accompanied his father on his campaigns and to Egypt, while the younger siblings stayed with Octavia. When Antonius gave birth to the twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene in 40 BC. Chr. Resumed broken relationship with Cleopatra , the triumvirate broke up. At the latest when Antony 32 BC Was declared an enemy of the state, Antyllus' engagement to Iulia was dissolved.

Antyllus stayed with his father in Alexandria . Plutarch described him as generous.

After the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium (31 BC) and the couple's return to Alexandria, the young people Antyllus and Caesarion became the leaders of the Egyptians, supposedly to encourage them in the already hopeless fight against Octavian presented. On the occasion of the award of the toga virilis for Antyllus, a big festival was held. Meanwhile, Octavian occupied Egypt. Now Antony sent his son with an embassy and a lot of money to peace negotiations with Octavian. Octavian kept the money, but sent Antyllus back without an answer.

Antony and Cleopatra eventually committed suicide. Antyllus fled to the temple of Divus Iulius , but was betrayed by his tutor Theodorus; Octavian was the only one of Antony's children to execute him.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Plutarch, Antonius 28.
2. ^ Cassius Dio 51, 6, 1-2.
3. ↑ Plutarch, Antonius 71, 3.
4. ^ Cassius Dio 51, 8, 4.
5. ^ Suetonius , Augustus 17, 5.
6. ↑ Plutarch, Antonius 81; 87.