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Actium or
Aktion (Ancient Gr****: Ἄκτιον) was a town on a
promontory in
ancient Acarnania at the
entrance of the
Ambraciot Gulf, off
which Octavian gained...
- The
Battle of
Actium was a
naval battle fought between Octavian's
maritime fleet, led by
Marcus Agrippa, and the
combined fleets of both Mark
Antony and...
- The War of
Actium (32–30 BC) was the last
civil war of the
Roman Republic,
fought between Mark
Antony (****isted by
Cleopatra and by
extension Ptolemaic...
- well
known for his
important military victories,
notably the
Battle of
Actium in 31 BC
against the
forces of Mark
Antony and Cleopatra. He was also responsible...
- The
Ambracian Gulf, also
known as the Gulf of Arta or the Gulf of
Actium, and in some
official do****ents as the
Amvrakikos Gulf (Gr****: Αμβρακικός κόλπος...
- was
exiled in 36 BC, and
Antony was
defeated by
Octavian at the
Battle of
Actium in 31 BC.
Antony and his wife Cleopatra, the
Ptolemaic queen of Egypt, killed...
-
After defeating Antony and Cleopatra's
naval fleet at the 31 BC
Battle of
Actium, Octavian's
forces invaded Egypt in 30 BC and
defeated Antony,
leading to...
- on Cleopatra. In 31 BC,
Antony and
Cleopatra led a
joint naval force at
Actium against Octavian's
general Agrippa, who won
after they fled the battle....
- Cleopatra,
Shakespeare similarly likens Cleopatra's
hasty departure from the
Actium battlefield to that of a cow
chased by a gadfly. More recently, in 1962...
-
Roman Emperor Augustus emplo****
various forms of
propaganda as he
ascended to power.
Augustus emplo****
several forms of
artwork and
literature to boast...
