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Battle of Actium: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date September 2, 31 BCE
Location Greece • Ionian Sea • Mediterranean Sea
Participants Mark Antony • Augustus • Egypt • ancient Rome

Photos

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Key People

Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Stone relief carving of Queen Cleopatra in profile holding a scepter and ankh, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, on the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
Cleopatra
queen of Egypt
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Roman leader

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