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Battle of Actium
ancient Roman history
Quick Facts
- Date:
- September 2, 31 BCE
- Location:
- Greece
- Ionian Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Participants:
- Mark Antony
- Augustus
- Egypt
- ancient Rome
Battle of Actium, (September 2, 31 bc), naval battle off a promontory in the north of Acarnania, on the western coast of Greece, where Octavian (known as the emperor Augustus after 27 bc), by his decisive victory over Mark Antony, became the undisputed master of the Roman world. Antony, with 500 ships and 70,000 infantry, made his camp at Actium, which lies on the southern side of a strait leading from the Ionian Sea into the Ambracian Gulf. Octavian, with 400 ships and 80,000 infantry, arrived from the north and, by occupying Patrae and Corinth, also managed to cut Antony’s ...(100 of 224 words)