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- an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
- the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC
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Actium (Greek: Ἄκτιον) was the ancient name of a promontory of western Greece in northwestern Acarnania, at the mouth of the Sinus Ambracius (Gulf of Arta) opposite Nicopolis, built by Augustus on the north side of the strait. On the promontory was an ancient temple of Apollo Actius, which was enlarged by Augustus, who, to memorialize the B...
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(from the article `Xerxes I`) ...men according to Herodotus and 360,000 by modern estimate, supported by 700 to 800 ships. Their passage was facilitated by a massive engineering ...
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n] - an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece 2. [n] - the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC
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a promontory on the northwestern coast of Greece off which Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra in a naval battle (31 BCE) (Aeneid).
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noun the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian`s fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC
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a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
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