Battle of Actium

When

31 Aug 31 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.92° N, 20.73° E

Description

31 BCE decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic

Naval

yes

Naval battle between Octavian and Mark Antony/Cleopatra (31 BC)

The Battle of Actium was a naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The battle took place on 2 September 31 BC in the Ionian Sea, near the former Roman colony of Actium, Greece, and was the climax of over a decade of rivalry between Octavian and Mark Antony.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Actium: Octavian defeats troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra, becoming de facto ruler of the Roman empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Roma İç Savaşı sırasında Caesar Divi Filius Augustus ve Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa'nın komuta ettiği Roma donanması”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht bei Actium”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la flotte d'Octavien et de l'amiral Agrippa défait Marc Antoine et Cléopâtre à la bataille d'Actium (en Épire)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Победа Агриппы в морском сражении при Акции над Антонием”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Octavio derrota a Marco Antonio y a su esposa Cleopatra en la batalla de Actium o Accio, y asume el gobierno de Roma”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة أكتيوم”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “屋大維在亞克興海戰大敗馬克·安東尼與克利奧帕特拉七世的聯軍。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ギリシア西岸で、アウグストゥスの軍がマルクス・アントニウスとクレオパトラ7世の軍を破った（アクティウムの海戦）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Final War of the Roman Republic32 BCE · Civil war