ANTONIUS

n. name of many important citizens in ancient Rome; Marcus Antonius (about 83 BC-30 BC), known in English as Mark Antony who was the husband of Cleopatra and a Roman statesman and general who served under Julius Caesar; Antonius, poet of the third century presumed to be Latin Christian; Antonius Stradivarius (1644-1737,also called Antonio Stradivari), Italian violin maker famous for the design of stringed instruments