Mark Antony

About Mark Antony

Mark Antony, a Roman general and politician, holds the #537 rank in historical importance according to MIT's Pantheon project. His career was defined by his role as a key lieutenant to Julius Caesar and his subsequent, ultimately fatal, power struggle with Octavian following Caesar's assassination. Antony's alliance and romantic relationship with Cleopatra, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, placed him at the center of the final conflicts that ended the Roman Republic and ushered in the Roman Empire.

Despite this monumental role in the transition from Republic to Empire, Antony's modern internet attention is relatively muted. He accrued 1.1 million Wikipedia views in 2025, placing him in a state of 'overattention' relative to his importance, with an Attention Gap score of +3x, suggesting he receives three times the attention warranted by his HPI rank. This overattention contrasts sharply with less historically significant contemporary politicians like Bill Clinton (#704 importance) who commanded 6.6 million views, or even current figures like Xi Jinping (#719 importance) with 4.0 million views.

Furthermore, the data suggests a decline in recent online interest: his 2025 views saw a year-over-year drop of -15.2%, and his momentum from Q1 to Q3 was negative at -10%, indicating that even the existing online attention for this critical late-Republican figure is currently waning.