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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A promontory and ancient town of western Greece. In 31 BC it was the site of Octavian's naval victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra. As a result of the battle, Egypt came under Roman control and Octavian (later Augustus) was established as Rome's ruler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun naval battle where Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
- noun the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC
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Examples
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Cleopatra's abandonment of Antony during Actium is a good crux of this relationship, in Auden's view.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Cleopatra's abandonment of Antony during Actium is a good crux of this relationship, in Auden's view.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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SAW 85-92 ends with the ho-hum "Actium," whose aimless thumping, gurgling, clicking, and clonking become monotonous well before it ends after nearly eight minutes.
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To prepare the ground for Actium, the battle that would decide the future of Rome and at which Octavian would defeat Antony and Cleopatra, he needed a worthy opponent.
Still Under Cleopatra's Spell Stacy Schiff 2010
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Actium: Cleopatra for a second flees a conflict scene.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Indeed, had Cleopatra and Antony managed to win the battle of Actium, the centuries that followed, which included the life of Jesus himself, could well have played out differently.
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Actium: Cleopatra for a second flees a conflict scene.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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If you look at the last century of the Republic (from the Gracchi down to Actium), one thing that stands out is the extraordinary number and extent of constitutional changes Rome went through.
Matthew Yglesias » By Request: The Case for Parliamentarism 2009
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III. vii --- Antony creates an irrational, unexplained preference to quarrel upon sea, not upon land, where he is a mythological universe champion, opposite Octavius during Actium.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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III. vii --- Antony creates an irrational, unexplained preference to quarrel upon sea, not upon land, where he is a mythological universe champion, opposite Octavius during Actium.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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