. Enobarbus boasts to Maecenas and Agrippa that in Egypt they 'did sleep day out of countenance and made the night light with drinking'. He dismisses eight roasted boars at breakfast for twelve people as 'but as a fly by an eagle: we had much more monstrous matter of feast, which worthily deserved nothing'.
             There is Civil War in Rome, relayed by the messenger in Act one Scene two. Antony's brother Lucius and Antony's wife Fulvia first waged war on each other, but reconciled and allied their forces against Caesar; however they were defeated and forced to flee. Furthermore Quintus Labienus was sent by Cassius to raise troops to fight Antony and Caesar. Cassius was defeated and committed suicide, and Labienus was left stranded. In 41 – 40 BC (just before the start of the play) he invaded Syria with Parthian help and defeated Antony's governor. He then proceeded to invade Asia Minor. Antony's inaction has placed him in an awkward po
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