place
Actium
Promontory in western Greece where Octavian's victory in 31 BC ended the civil wars and inaugurated the principate.
Reading notes
- The Annals §1.3 victory at Actium
The naval battle of 31 BC by which Octavian ended the civil wars.
- The Annals §2.53 famous for the victory of Actium
Site of Octavian's decisive sea-victory of 31 BC.
- The Annals §3.55 the Actian war
The campaign ending in the naval battle of Actium (31 BC), where Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra, the start of the imperial peace.
- The Histories §1.1 Actium
The naval victory of 31 BC by which Octavian (Augustus) ended the civil wars and gathered all power into one man—Tacitus's marker for the death of free historiography.