As a German, I’m always a little confused when Roman names are converted into their contemporary English form. His name was Marcus Antonius. Marc Antony is the guy from Backstreet Boys!
“Mark Antony” has received such vast currency by Shakespeare’s usage that, as an English speaker, it feels wrong to refer to him by any other form, even if it’s more correct.
As a German, I’m always a little confused when Roman names are converted into their contemporary English form. His name was Marcus Antonius. Marc Antony is the guy from Backstreet Boys!
“Mark Antony” has received such vast currency by Shakespeare’s usage that, as an English speaker, it feels wrong to refer to him by any other form, even if it’s more correct.
I guess this is kind of a native vs non native English speaker thing. Mark Antony sticks out to me as well.
Oh, that explains a lot. I was wondering why a random English name showed up in a Roman history explanation.