Battle of Actium
naval battle · 31 BC
Battle of Actium, a naval battle recorded 31 BC: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- naval battle
- Date
- 2 September 31 BC
- War
- Final War of the Roman Republic
- Side 1
- Roman Republic — led by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Octavian
- Side 2
- Ptolemaic Kingdom — led by Mark Antony, Cleopatra VII
- Result
- Victory for Octavian
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 BC | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)