actium

The Battle of Actium was one of the great inflection points in history.

Sinan suggested landing troops at Actium on the Gulf of Arta near Preveza, an idea which Barbarossa initially opposed, but which later proved to be important for securing the Ottoman victory.

Success is a relative thing — and the victory of a boy at marbles is equal to the victory of an Octavius at Actium when measured by the scale of cosmic infinity.

As far as i understand the Roman warships for example even regressed during the Empire as from the Battle of Actium Romans got full control over Mediterranean and any naval competition disappeared.

> This work is part of a major project investigating why, during the Battle of Actium (31 BC), Cleopatra's large ships lost when they faced Octavian's weaker vessels.

Over 350,000 (and quite possibly a lot more ) Roman soldiers, out of a population estimated to be around 60,000,000 (most of whom were not citizens), fought at just the Battle of Actium at the end of the Republican era.

Green's Alexander to Actium also covers the "funeral games" that Alexander predicted his generals would hold, and goes on to cover the Hellenistic age in some detail.

Peter Green's Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age strikes me as very good.

Actium – like my other battles under August's reign – was mainly due to Agrippa's military skills.

If you want to know about the Constitution of Sparta or the Battle of Actium, this is the series for you!