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Mark Antony, detail of a marble bust; in the Vatican Museum.
The Battle of Actium took place on September 2, 31 BCE. It was a naval engagement fought off a promontory in northern Acarnania, located on the western coast of Greece.1
During this conflict, Mark Antony had established his camp at Actium, situated on the southern side of the strait connecting the Ionian Sea to the Ambracian Gulf. The decisive victory of Octavian in this battle effectively ended the power struggle between the two leaders, leaving Octavian as the undisputed master of the Roman world.1