Why is Mark Antony not written as Marcus Antonius, when Marcus Aurelius is written in the proper Roman way?
To be honest (and a bit beside the point) I find the anglicizations a bit annoying when I read them in the part of my Roman history curriculum that is in English (English is my second language). Mark Antony and Pompey sound a bit weird and I don't understand why they are written that way when others with the same name are not are not.
Of all places, this thread has the answer. Their names are long and foreign: they are shortened and localized for ease of use. Mark Antony is probably the single most Anglicized name.
Are there any commonly Anglicized Roman names aside from those two that appear in Shakespeare's plays?