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Marcus Antonius Creticus

Father of the Mark Anthony

🏛️ Career

  1. 74 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: He was invested by special enactment with an imperium infinitum, almost certainly pro consule, in order to combat piracy throughout the Mediterranean area (a). His operations in the first year were limited to the west, Liguria, Spain, and Sicily (b; see 73-71, Promagistrates). (2)

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Cic. Verr. 2.2.8, and 3.213; Liv. Per. 97; Vell. 2.31.3-4; Ps.-Ascon. 202, and 259 Stangl; Cf. IG² 4.1.66, and SEG 11.397
      • (b) Cic. Div. in Caec. 55; Verr. 2.2.8, and 3.213-218; Sall. Hist. 3.4-7M; Tac. Ann. 12.62; App. Sic. 6; Lact. Inst. -Div. 1.11.32; Ps.-Ascon. 202 Stangl (2) Livy terms Antonius praetor, while Cicero refers to his imperium infinitum, and Ps. Ascon. to his curatio infinita. According to Velleius the Senate decreed to Antonius in praetura the same imperium as Pompey later received under the Gabinian law: imperium aequum in omnibus provinciis cum proconsulibus usque ad quinquagesimum, miliarium a mari. On the date and duration of the operations of Antonius, see Foucart, Jour. des Savants 1906, 569-581; cf. Hatzfeld, Italiens traliquants dans l´Orient hellenique, 80-82.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.650): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Verres (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 74 BCE (Praetor)

    P. Coelius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 74 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Parents
    Marcus Antonius (cos. 99)
  2. Siblings
    Gaius Antonius Hibrida
  3. Children
    Gaius Antonius Lucius Antonius Pietas (cos. 41) Marcus Antonius (cos. 44)