Career
He was also the grandfather of the famous general and triumvir, Mark Antony. He started his cursus honorum as quaestor in 113 British Columbia and in 102 British Columbia he was elected praetor with proconsular powers for the Roman province of Cilicia. During his term, Antonius fought the pirates with such success that the Senate voted a naval triumph in his honor.
He was then elected consul in 99 British Columbia, together with Aulus Postumius Albinus, and in 97 British Columbia, he was elected censor.
He held a command in the Social War in 90 British Columbia. During the civil war between Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Antonius supported the latter. This cost him his life.
Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna executed him when they obtained possession of Rome in 87 British Columbia. 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.
His father was named Gaius Antonius. Marcus Antonius Creticus was the father of the triumvir Mark Antony. In 100 British Columbia, Marcus Antonius obtained a triumph, because he had fought successfully against the Cilician pirates.
