Round 7: Tossup 14

This man’s brother formed a base of disaffected landowners to wage the Perusine War. This man’s wife put a hair pin through the tongue of an orator that was ordered dead by this man. (-5[1])This man distributed land and titles to some of his children in the Donations of Alexandria. A rival of this man both defeated him at the (15[1])Battle of Mutina and formed the (*) Second Triumvirate with him. (-5[1])Octavian and this (10[1])man defeated (-5[1])the (10[1])killers of Caesar (10[1])at the Battle (10[2])of Philippi. (10[3])Soon after this man’s navy lost the Battle of Actium, he and his wife committed suicide. (10[1])For 10 points, name this husband of Cleopatra. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Marc Antony [or Marcus Antonius or Mark Anthony] (The orator mentioned in the second sentence is Cicero.)
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