Actium

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1. Actium - Noun

2. Actium - Proper noun

Meaning

the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece

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Archaeology In 1980 the Greek Ministry of Transport and Communications reported that shipwrecks from the Battle of Actium had been located at Actium near the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf. Source: Internet

Dio is wrong to say that Sosius was killed, since he in fact fought at and survived the Battle of Actium (Reinhold, p. 54 n. 14; Roddaz, p. 163 n. 140). Source: Internet

Dio Cassius, Roman history, 51.1.3 Octavian instituted or renewed the games known as Actia or Ludi Actiaci, named after Actium in Nicopolis (the new city) to memorialise the battle. Source: Internet

In commemoration of the Battle of Actium, Agrippa built and dedicated the building that served as the Roman Pantheon before its destruction in 80AD. Source: Internet

It was there that Antony's fleet faced the much larger fleet of smaller, more maneuverable ships under commanders Agrippa and Gaius Sosius in the battle of Actium on 2 September 31 BC. Source: Internet

J.M. Carter argues in The Battle of Actium: The Rise and Triumph of Augustus Caesar that Antony knew he was surrounded and had nowhere to run. Source: Internet

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