person
Mark Antony
Antony
also: Antonius, Marcus Antonius
The triumvir Mark Antony (83–30 BC); the embassy of Maecenas and Cocceius was bound up with patching his rift with Octavian.
Reading notes
- The Satires §1.5 no closer friend to Antony
Mark Antony the triumvir; the embassy of Maecenas and Cocceius was bound up with mending his quarrel with Octavian — the political backdrop the poem keeps light.