Mark Antony was Caesar’s right hand, a brilliant military commander, and a master political operator who threw it all away in Egypt. His alliance with Cleopatra, his defeat at Actium, and his suicide in Alexandria ended the Roman Republic and handed absolute power to Octavian.

This episode separates the historical Antony from the Shakespearean caricature and traces how one man’s choices reshaped the Mediterranean world.

• His role as Caesar’s loyal lieutenant and eulogy at the funeral
• The formation and collapse of the Second Triumvirate
• His alliance with Cleopatra and the political fallout in Rome
• The Battle of Actium and his final days in Alexandria