ACTIUM

ăkˈtēəm, –shē–, promontory, NW Acarnania, Greece, at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. There are vestiges of several temples and an ancient town. At Actium was fought the naval battle (31 b.c.) in which the forces of Octavian (later Augustus) under Agrippa defeated the sea and land forces of Antony and Cleopatra. The battle established Octavian as ruler of Rome. The Actian games, held at Nicopolis every four years, were established to commemorate the event.

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books on: Actium  - 1126 results

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A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium
Book by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh; Macmillan, 1912
Subjects: Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C
...caused by the deposition of those who had served with Antony at Actium, the Empire, now practically under the rule of Caesar, was...it and defining its powers. Immediately after the victory of Actium the process commenced of centring in his person the functions...
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The Making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Empire
Book by Lawrence Keppie; Routledge, 1998
...veteran colonists settled at Patrae after Actium, and most interestingly a dedication...Suetonius reports that, apparently after Actium, Octavian had to put down a mutiny by...us that Octavians reorganisation after Actium produced legions with the title Gemina...
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Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus
Book by Ellen O'Gorman; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Irony, Rhetoric, Ancient, Rome--Historiography, Tacitus, Cornelius--Annales, Tacitus, Cornelius--Technique
himself has brought to Actium, another form of memory, perhaps embodied...of desire and the sorrows and joys at Actium there are no instances of Germanicus...35 Indeed, if we read the imago at Actium as Germanicus himself, then the emotional...
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Augustus
Book by Pat Southern; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: Augustus--Emperor Of Rome--63 B.C.-14 A.D, Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D
...The literary feud began long before Actium (Eder 1990, 96). On the feud itself...opinion for war (Meier 1990, 64-5). Actium as a decisive turning does not meet with...7) talks of the generation born after Actium, who did not know anything of the res...
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Virgil's Experience: Nature and History, Times, Names, and Places
Book by Richard Jenkyns; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Landscape In Literature, Literature And History--Rome, Names In Literature, Nature In Literature, Rome--Civilization, Rome--In Literature, Time In Literature, Virgil--Knowledge--History, Virgil--Knowledge--Natural History
...among them, as far as we can judge: Actium is presented as an enormous conflict...victory. But the poets agree in falsehood. Actium was of course part of a civil war; none...credit as is deserved for the victory at Actium should probably be given again to Agrippa...
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journal articles on: Actium  - 46 results

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'A Fanatical Yet Rational Devotion' Augustus and the Legions
Journal article by Ronald T. Ridley; Antichthon, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Armed forces
...at Perusia, the alarm of the battle of Actium, his fall from a tower in the Pannonian...accomplishments . . . were modest.10 At Actium neither of the rivals in the contest for...have been introduced by Augustus after Actium.46 In return for these apparent attentions...
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Images of Homage, Images of Power: King Herod and His Harbour, Sebastos
Journal article by Robert L. Hohlfelder; Antichthon, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Competition, Loyalty, Politics
...Cleopatra VII, in part by not being at Actium in 31 B.C. where the final battle in...away from directly supporting Antony at Actium for her own purposes. She wanted to create...his cause no matter what the outcome of Actium (2 September 31 B.C.). If Antony...
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Eulogy of the Lost Republic or Acceptance of the New Monarchy? Livy's Ab Urbe Condita
Journal article by Ronald T. Ridley; Antichthon, Vol. 44, 2010
Subjects: Books, Politics
...attitude changed over time. The peace after Actium allowed Livy to proceed, but as he worked...Livys beginning to work shortly after Actium, so that 1-5 were published 27- 25...70.10- 11) - just as Agrippa did at Actium. Does that make Quinctius Augustus...
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Simply Irresistible: Augustus, Herod, and the Empire
Journal article by Byron R. McCane; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 127, 2008
Subjects: Architecture, Books, Historical analysis, Mosques & temples, Religion, Roman civilization, Scholarships & fellowships, Shipping industry, Side effects
...Antony in 31 b.c.e. at the battle of Actium brought the civil wars of Rome to an end...rostra came from Augustuss victory at Actium in 31. The two rostra now faced each other like bookends, linking Antium to Actium and republic to empire.15 Thus, in...
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Reconciling East and West in Virgil's Aeneid
Journal article by John Whitehorne; AUMLA : Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association, 2005
Subjects: Literary criticism, Literature, Poets, Virgil (70-19 BC)
...would only end with Octavians victory at Actium in 31 BC, followed by the capture of...quickly and easily after a civil war. After Actium, East and West were still very far from...about Antony and Cleopatras defeat at Actium: The Roman soldier, alas-you future...
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My Kingdom for a Nose
Magazine article by Anthony Pagden; The National Interest, September 2010
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Biography)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...defeat Octavian at the famous Battle of Actium on September 2, 31 BCE, that pitted...for a great deal in the ancient world. Actium was fought partly on land and partly at...for personal supremacy." Had he won at Actium, he would, in all likelihood, have...
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Rome's Dark Night of Tyranny: When the Republic Fell, Rome Entered the Dark Decline of Empire. Only after Centuries of Misery under Predominantly Tyrannical Emperors Did Rome Finally Meet Its End
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005
Subjects: Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History
...Lepidus into retirement and defeated Mark Antony and his Egyptian allies led by Cleopatra at the naval battle of Actium. After Actium, Augustus subsequent reign of more than 40 years was a comparatively tranquil one, in spite of atrocities committed...
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Egypt Had Ruled over Us
Magazine article by Dominic Sandbrook; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 139, November 29, 2010
Subjects: Empires--History, Political leadership--Demographic aspects, Political leadership--History
...Sometimes, watching the scenes depicting the decisive sea battle at Actium in 31 BC, I wonder what might have happened had Octavian won...we might even worship different gods. As it was, however, Actium marked a watershed in western history. As Octavians Roman galleys...
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Don John of Austria Is Riding to the Sea
Magazine article by Victor Davis Hanson; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, August 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Victory of the West: The Great Christian - Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto (Book)--Book reviews
...hundred ships and eighty thousand seamen, and, along with Actium, Salamis, and Ecnomus, may well have been one of the most...from Augustus great victory over Marc Antony and Cleopatra at Actium--Lepanto proved the last great clash of oared ships that...
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The Ancient World
Magazine article by Tom Holland; History Today, Vol. 60, May 2010
Subjects: Ancient civilization--Discovery and exploration, Ancient history--Discovery and exploration, Civilization, Ancient--Discovery and exploration, History, Ancient--Discovery and exploration
...prefiguring of the age of Hitler and Stalin; in 1990, Peter Green freely admitted, in the introduction to From Alexander to Actium (University of California Press), his magisterial survey of the Hellenistic era, just how frequently he had been struck...
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Struggle for Julius Caesar's Legacy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 17, 2010
Subjects: Goldsworthy, Adrian
...lovers, were eventually defeated in the decisive battle of Actium. Antony committed suicide and Cleopatra followed him soon after...destroyed the better part of his force. At the critical battle of Actium, he created the opportunity for Cleopatra to escape with her...
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Homework for Grown-Ups; Everything You Learnt at School. but Can You Remember?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 21, 2009
...called today? a) South Africa b) Botswana c) Malawi d) Congo 7. Which of the following Roman leaders lost the Battle of Actium in 31BC? a) Julius Caesar b) Octavian c) Brutus d) Mark Antony 8. How many balls are used in snooker? a) 21 b) 15 c...
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Warship with Decks Appeal; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 20, 2011
Subjects: The Girl I Left Behind (Short fiction)
...maximum of three tiers with rowers seated on them, based on the fact that nothing larger has so far been found. At the Battle of Actium in 31BC, hexaremes were present in great numbers. For Octavian they were the largest ships; for Mark Antony and Cleopatra...
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An Oarsome Man-of-War; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 20, 2011
Subjects: The Girl I Left Behind (Short fiction)
...maximum of three tiers with rowers seated on them, based on the fact that nothing larger has so far been found. At the Battle of Actium in 31BC, hexaremes were present in great numbers. For Octavian they were the largest ships; for Mark Antony and Cleopatra...
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Liverpool City Region Offers the Cost-Effective Option for Occupiers
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 20, 2010
...occupational market remains difficult with few large enquiries across office and industrial sectors. However, a recent survey by Actium Consultant/King Sturge, which reviews total occupational costs of office property across the UK (including incentives...
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encyclopedia articles on: Actium  - 10 results

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Actium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACTIUM ak te m, she , promontory, NW Acarnania, Greece, at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. There are vestiges of several temples and an ancient town. At Actium was fought the naval battle (31 b.c.) in which the forces of Octavian...
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Nicopolis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ancient city, NW Greece, in Epirus. It was founded by Octavian (later Augustus) to celebrate the victory (31 b.c.) at Actium, which is nearby. The city largely eclipsed Ambracia (see Arta ). It is mentioned by St. Paul (Titus 3.12). Its ruins...
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Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sicily). Agrippa took part in the war against Antony, and his naval operations were the basis of Octavians decisive victory at Actium in 31 b.c. He was perhaps the most trusted of all Augustus lieutenants and rendered many services, notably in putting down...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Octavian (later Augustus ), Antony , and Lepidus . Octavian was Caesars nephew, ward, and heir, and his true successor. At Actium (31 b.c.) he defeated Antony and Cleopatra and made the empire one. No change was made in the government, but Octavian...
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Augustus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Antonys intrigue with Cleopatra, and he had himself appointed (31 b.c.) general against Antony. After the naval battle off Actium , which Agrippa won over Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian controlled all Roman territories. Although he began to reform the...
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