why is mark antony (rome) hated so much?

Answer 1

i'm not sure where those people (who posted above me) got their information. mark antony was not one of the conspirators, he was one of the few senators who wasn't a conspirator. i never knew that many people hated him but perhaps it is because he (and octavius) avenged caesar's death.

but i'm sure it's not because he was a conspirator, i'm almost 100% positive he was not, having read Julius Caesar the book, articles online, as well as encylopedic entries on the matter.

Answer 2

Depends on who you talk too. Mark Antony was co-ruler with Augustus Caesar (i.e Octavian) during the 40-30's BCE but they were always rivals for the control of Rome. He was a excellent general but was jealous of Octavian who was the official heir to Julius Caesar's estate and position.

The main point to remember is that Octavian launched a major smear campaign against Antony because of his relationship with the infamous Cleopatra (after he dumped his actual wife, Octavia-Octavians sister); that he was becoming too "foreign/Egyptian" for Roman citizens taste; and declaring war without the consent of the Senate among other things.

Octavian garnered the support of the people, declared war against Cleopatra(not Antony) and defeated both at the Battle of Actium off Western Greece in 30 BCE. Antony committed suicide the same year, his elder son Marcus was killed and only his daughters and youngest son, Iullus, were spared.

Ironically, Iullus later became the lover of Octavians daughter Julia, the affair was discovered, he was charged with treason and in the end committed suicide in 2 BCE.

Answer 3

There exists a lot of anti-Mark Antony propaganda, spewed out by Octavius Caesar's political pals.

here's the story.

After Julius Caesar was assassinated by those trying to restore Rome's Republic--limited to nobles, but better than a tyranny, Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar fought battles with Marcus Brutus and Caius Cassius and others of the faction which had rid Rome of Caesar. The Antonine and Octavian forces were victorious.

The two then divided the rulership of Rome's young empire between them. Antony got Egypt and some provinces; Octavian got Italy. And proceeded to work against Antony; Antony's unpopularity came from his dalliance with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt and former consort of Caesar. Octavius was a bad general; but his man Agrippa outmaneuvered Antony, who had married Octavius's sister to try to cement a peace, but then returned to Cleopatra in Alexandria.

So, Octavius won, turned Rome into a permanent (and immediately poisoned "empire'); and Antony died hated, because of his alliance with the detested foreign barbarian queen, Cleopatra, and because it was thought he'd neglected his duty to Rome on her behalf.

End of story. he was a bright, talented man, a good soldier but fell out of favors with Romans through his Egyptian connection and absences.

Answer 4

Perhaps because he is a traitor to his friends (he betrayed Julius Cesar on the Ides of March - the 15th of March, and encouraged other senators to kill Cesar), he's greedy, dishonest and power-hungry. That's about the whole story right there in a nutshell.

Answer 5

he betrayed Cesaer and ruined his empire.