Kdo je hodil z Volumnia Cytheris?

Volumnia Cytheris (fl. 1st-century BC) was an ancient Roman actress and mimae dancer. She is foremost known as the mistress of several famous Romans.

Possibly born around 70 B.C., she was originally a slave of Publius Volumnius Eutrapelius but later became a freedwoman. On stage, she was normally referred to only as Cytheris. The name derived from "Cythera" a nickname for Aphrodite. She had relationships with Brutus and Mark Antony, which attracted a lot of attention in contemporary ancient Rome. She is mentioned as the companion of her aristocratic lovers in social occasions when the presence of a courtesan was otherwise not common, and considered shocking.

Cicero's letters recount how embarrassed he was to go to a party that she also attended, and how offensive it was for Mark Antony to give her a place of dignity in his litter:

"The tribune of the people was borne along in a chariot, lictors crowned with laurel preceded him; among whom, on an open litter, was carried an actress; whom honourable men, citizens of the different municipalities, coming out from their towns under compulsion to meet him, saluted not by the name by which she was well known on the stage, but by that of Volumnia. A car followed full of pimps; then a lot of debauched companions; and then his mother, utterly neglected, followed the mistress of her profligate son, as if she had been her daughter-in-law. O the disastrous fecundity of that miserable woman! With the marks of such wickedness as this did that fellow stamp every municipality, and prefecture, and colony, and, in short, the whole of Italy."

Later, Cicero's wife asked Cytheris to help mend the relationship between her husband and Cytheris' lover Mark Antony, so that he could return from exile in Brundisium.

Her rejection of Cornelius Gallus reportedly provided the theme for Virgil's tenth Eclogue. Gallus refers to her in his work under the name Lycoris, which alludes to one of the names "Lycoreus" the god Apollo, Greek god of music.

She is one of few free influential Roman courtesans mentioned by her contemporaries, others being Praecia and Chelidon. Cytheris' fate is unknown and she is not mentioned in any sources after a certain point.

Mark Junij Brut (latinsko Marcvs Ivnivs Brvtvs), znan tudi kot Kvint Servilij Kepion Brut (latinsko Qvintvs Servilivs Caepio Brvtvs) je bil senator v pozni Rimski republiki, * 85 pr. n. št., † 42 pr. n. št., Filipi, Makedonija.

Domneva se, da je bil potomec Lucija Junija Bruta, ki je vodil izgon kralja Lucija Tarkvinija Ošabnega iz Rima, in bil konzul v prvem letu Rimske republike. Brut je bil na začetku kariere pripadnik optimatov in nasprotnik prvega triumvirata Gaja Julija Cezara, Gneja Pompeja in Marka Krasa. Na začetku državljanske vojne med Cezarjem in Pompejem je stopil na Pompejevo stran, po Cezarjevi zmagi pri Dirahiju in Farzalu leta 48 pr. n. št. pa se je predal Cezarju. Skupaj z Gajem Kasijem Longinom in Decimom Brutom je organiziral Cezarjev umor 15. marca 44 pr. n. št.. Po porazu, ki sta ga z Longinom doživela v bitki pri Filipih leta 42 pr. n. št., je naredil samomor.

Mark Antonij, rimski politik in general, * 14. januar 83 pr. n. št., † 1. avgust 30 pr. n. št.

Mark Antonij je skupaj z Oktavianom Augustom ter Markom Lepidaom tvoril drugi triumvirat.

Mark Antonij je bil Kleopatrin ljubimec. Rodili so se jima 3 otroci. Kasneje, ko je Oktavijan osvojil Egipt je zbežal v Aleksandrijo in tam naredil samomor.

Leta 41 pred našim štetjem je Mark Antonij, eden izmed vodij poklical Kleopatro v Tarz, kjer naj bi odgovorila na vprašanja o zvestobi do Rimskega cesarstva. Želel je Kleopatrino podporo v vojni s Parti, ki jo je načrtoval. V Tarzu sta pričela ljubezensko afero. 25. decembra 40 let pred našim štetjem je Kleopatra Marku Antoniju rodila dvojčka - Aleksandra Helisosa in Kleopatro Seleno II.

Štiri leta kasneje je Mark Antonij ponovno obiskal Aleksandrijo na svoji poti v spopad s Partijci. Obnovil je svoje razmerje s Kleopatro in od tega trenutka dalje je bila Aleksandrija njegov drugi dom. S Kleopatro sta imela še enega otroka - Ptolemaja Filadelfa.

Kleopatrini otroci so bili okronani za različne vladarje, zato je Mark Antonij Kleopatri podelil naziv Kraljica Kraljev. Med tem so se odnosi med Antonijem in Oktavijanom že nekaj let krhali in se tudi dokončno poslabšali, ko je Oktavijan napovedal vojno proti Egiptu. Antonij je bil poražen in se s Kleopatro umaknil. V Aleksandriji je naredil samomor.