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Lucius AntoniusLucius Antonius (1st century BC) was the younger brother and supporter of Mark Antony, a Roman politician. Lucius was son of Marcus Antonius Creticus, son of the rhetorician Marcus Antonius Orator executed by Gaius Marius' supporters in 86 BC, and Julia Antonia, a cousin of Julius Caesar. Together with his older brothers Mark Antony and Gaius Antonius, he spent his early years roaming through Rome in bad companies. Plutarch refers the untamed life of the youths and theirs friends, frequenting gambling houses and drinking too much. Lucius was always a big supporter of Mark Antony. In 44 BC, the year of Antony's consulship and Julius Caesar's assassination, Lucius was a tribune of the plebs. In 41 BC, was consul with Publius Servilius Vatia as his senior partner. In this year, he assisted Mark Antony's wife, Fulvia, in the raising of an eight legion army to fight against Octavian's unpopular policies. After a successful occupation of Rome, they ended up besieged in Perusia in the winter of 41/40 BC, where they were forced to surrender by starvation. Octavian destroyed the city but spared the rebellion's leaders: Fulvia and Lucius were exiled. Antonius, Lucius Antonius, Lucius
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