The Battle of Actium proved to be a pivotal moment in Roman history, and world history, as Cleopatra and Mark Antony faced Octavian and Agrippa upon the seas as chronicled by Cornell professor Barry ...

Despite being among the most important naval battles in history, many questions remain about the encounter between the fleet of Octavian and that of Marc Antony and Cleopatra at Actium. In this book ...

In September 31 BC, one of the most critical military campaigns in history reached its climax in a sea battle off the coast of Actium, Greece. The main players were, on one side, the famous lovers ...

On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar lay dead from 23 knife wounds inflicted by his assassins. The next day, the question on every Roman citizen’s mind was: Who will rule Rome now? Getting to the ...

Historian Strauss (The Caesars) delivers a gripping account of the war for control of the Roman Empire that culminated in Octavian’s decisive victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of ...

On The War That Made the Roman Empire, by Barry Strauss. The Duke of Wellington doubted the possibility of a truly accurate reconstruction of any battle. The Duke of Wellington doubted the possibility ...

These roads not taken converge at the Battle of Actium, a conflict that changed the course of history and that is the subject of Barry Strauss’s engaging new book just out from Simon & Schuster, “The ...

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