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  Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian (Augustus) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate.in 31 BC.
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  In 44 B.C., Antony shared the consulship, Rome's highest office, with Caesar. When Caesar was assassinated that same year, Antony seized power for himself.
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  Antony was born in 83 or 82 B.C. into an aristocratic Roman family.
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  In 48 B.C. he brought precious reinforcements to Caesar and commanded his left wing at the Battle of Pharsalus, in Greece, where Pompey was defeate
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  .In 42 B.C., Antony defeated the republican forces led by Brutus and Cassius, Caesar's assassins, at the Battle of Philippi in Greece and won control of Rome's eastern provinces