A Roman general and an Egyptian queen, Mark Antony and Cleopatra flaunted their scandalous love affair while challenging the power of Rome. This 1883 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema shows Mark ...

One of the most famous historical Marks is Mark Anthony, a Roman general who was a partner of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, and ...

Cleopatra looks out upon Mark Antony's naval fleet during the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.—a struggle between Anthony and his co-ruler of Rome, Octavian. The Roman civil war would lead to the ...

Daisy Dunn - Author, The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World In the first century B.C.E., Fulvia, Octavia and Cleopatra competed for Mark Antony's heart. Illustration by ...

Reign Tapiato spoke of the mythological love between Odysseus and Penelope and of the legendary and Shakespearean romance between Mark Anthony and Cleopatra. Tapiato addressed these words to his wife.

Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week. John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra has its Metropolitan Opera premiere May 12, in a production directed by Elkhanah ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The inspirations behind the staging of “Antony and Cleopatra,” which imagines a world in which celebrities can be tantamount to gods. Julia Bullock as Cleopatra in John ...