Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Mark Antony

Battles of Mark Antony

Roman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC), 83 BC to 30 BC

Mark Antony is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 52 BC and 30 BC: 5 battles, 1 siege, 1 naval action and 2 campaigns across 7 present-day countries, most in Greece (3), France (1), Albania (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,176 km apart end to end, 1,147 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Caesar's Civil War (2), Roman–Parthian Wars (2), Gallic War (1).

Battle of Forum GallorumPompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCEAntony's Parthian WarBattle of AlexandriaBattle of AlesiaBattle of PharsalusBattle of DyrrhachiumBattle of PhilippiBattle of ActiumBattle of AlesiaBattle of PharsalusBattle of DyrrhachiumBattle of PhilippiBattle of ActiumBaghdadAthensViennaGenevaBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiersTel AvivMilan1000 km39.368N, 24.000E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

52 BC: 1 engagements48 BC: 2 engagements2 in 48 BC43 BC: 1 engagements42 BC: 1 engagements40 BC: 1 engagements36 BC: 1 engagements31 BC: 1 engagements30 BC: 1 engagements52 BC30 BC
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Alesia, 52 BCBattle of Pharsalus, 48 BCBattle of Dyrrhachium, 48 BCBattle of Forum Gallorum, 43 BCBattle of Philippi, 42 BCPompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE, 40 BCAntony's Parthian War, 36 BCBattle of Actium, 31 BCBattle of Alexandria, 30 BC52 BC30 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
July 52 BCBattle of AlesiaAlesia, FranceRoman victory
6 June 48 BCBattle of PharsalusFarsala, Greece1,704 km SECaesarian victory
10 July 48 BCBattle of DyrrhachiumDurrës, Albania335 km NWPompeian victory
43 BCBattle of Forum GallorumCastelfranco Emilia, Italy774 km NWSenatorial victory
3 October 42 BCBattle of PhilippiPhilippi, Greece1,149 km ETriumvir victory
40 BCPompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCEAnatolia, Turkey939 km ERoman Republic victory
36 BCAntony's Parthian WarMesopotamia, Iraq962 km SEParthian victory
2 September 31 BCBattle of ActiumIonian Sea, Greece2,115 km WOctavian's victory
31 July 30 BCBattle of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt1,198 km SEOctavian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Commons member Amadscientist created the file from the book by William Smith, Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge, Andrew Dickson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.