Actium, Battle of

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• Actium, Battle of — (31 BC) Naval battle off Acarnania, Greece, between Octavian (later Augustus) and Mark Antony. With 500 ships and 70,000 infantry, Antony camped at Actium, between the Ionian Sea and the Ambracian Gulf. Octavian, with 400 ships and 80,000… …   Universalium

• battle — battle1 battler, n. /bat l/, n., v., battled, battling. n. 1. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo. 2. participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle. 3. a… …   Universalium

• Actium — (modern name: Punta) 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 …   Wikipedia

• Battle Orders — Pays  Royaume Uni Langue Anglais Genre Histoire mil …   Wikipédia en Français

• Actium — n. 1. naval battle where Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian s fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Actium — [ak′tē əm, ak′shē əm] cape on the NW coast of Acarnania (in ancient Greece): the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by those of Octavian in a naval battle near Actium (31 B.C.) …   English World dictionary

• Battle of Actium — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Actium partof=The Final war of the Roman Republic caption= The battle of Actium , by Lorenzo A. Castro, 1672. date=2 September, 31 BC place=Ionian sea, near the Roman colony of Actium, Greece… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Dyme — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Dyme partof= Cleomenean War caption=A map of Achaea shwoing Dyme in the top right corner. date= 226 BC place= Dyme result= Decisive Spartan victory combatant1=Sparta combatant2=Achaean League… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Preveza — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Preveza caption=The Battle of Preveza ( Ohannes Umed Behzad ) partof= Ottoman Habsburg wars date=28 September 1538 place=Preveza, Ionian Sea result=Decisive Ottoman victory combatant1=Holy League:… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Gythium — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Gythium partof= War against Nabis caption=A map of the southern Peloponnese. date= 195 BC place= Gytheio in Mani, Greece. result= Allied Victory combatant1=Sparta combatant2=Rome, Achaean League,… …   Wikipedia