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The War of Actium (32–30 BC) was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought between Mark Antony (assisted by Cleopatra and by extension Ptolemaic Egypt) and Octavian.[1]

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  1. 76 relations: Actium, Adriatic Sea, Africa (Roman province), Alexander Helios, Alexandria, Asia (Roman province), Attrition warfare, Augustus, Augustus (title), Battle of Actium, Battle of Alexandria (30 BC), Battle of Philippi, Byzantine Empire, Caesarion, Caligula, Cilicia, Claudius, Cleopatra, Cleopatra Selene II, Client state, Crisis of the Roman Republic, Cyrenaica, Death of Cleopatra, Donations of Alexandria, Fabian strategy, Fall of Constantinople, Fall of the Western Roman Empire, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Gaius Maecenas, Gaius Sosius, Gaul, Greece in the Roman era, Hellenistic-era warships, Hispania, Julius Caesar, Laureys a Castro, Legionary, Legionary denarii (Mark Antony), Lepidus, Liburna, List of Roman civil wars and revolts, Lucius Arruntius (consul 22 BC), Lucius Pinarius, Marcus Junius Brutus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Mark Antony, Mausoleum, Medes, Messenia, Nero, ... Expand index (26 more) »

  2. 1st century BC in Egypt
  3. 30 BC
  4. 30s BC conflicts
  5. 32 BC
  6. Cleopatra
  7. Crisis of the Roman Republic
  8. Mark Antony
  9. Roman Republican civil wars
  10. Second Triumvirate
  11. Wars involving the Ptolemaic Kingdom

Actium

Actium or Aktion (Ἄκτιον) was a town on a promontory in ancient Acarnania at the entrance of the Ambraciot Gulf, off which Octavian gained his celebrated victory, the Battle of Actium, over Antony and Cleopatra, on September 2, 31 BCE.

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Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.

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Africa (Roman province)

Africa was a Roman province on the northern coast of the continent of Africa.

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Alexander Helios

Alexander Helios (Ἀλέξανδρος Ἥλιος; late 40 BC – unknown, but possibly between 29 and 25 BC) was a Ptolemaic prince and son of Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Roman triumvir Mark Antony.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Asia (Roman province)

Asia (Ἀσία) was a Roman province covering most of western Anatolia, which was created following the Roman Republic's annexation of the Attalid Kingdom in 133 BC.

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Attrition warfare

Attrition warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel, materiel and morale.

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Augustus

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.

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Augustus (title)

Augustus (plural Augusti;,; "majestic", "great" or "venerable") was the main title of the Roman emperors during Antiquity. War of Actium and Augustus (title) are augustus.

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Battle of Actium

The Battle of Actium was a naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of both Mark Antony and Cleopatra. War of Actium and battle of Actium are 1st century BC in Egypt, 1st century BC in the Roman Republic, 30s BC conflicts, augustus and Cleopatra.

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Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)

The Battle of Alexandria was fought on July 1 to July 30, 30 BC between the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony during the last war of the Roman Republic. War of Actium and Battle of Alexandria (30 BC) are 1st century BC in Egypt, 30 BC and 30s BC conflicts.

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Battle of Philippi

The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Liberators' civil war between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (of the Second Triumvirate) and the leaders of Julius Caesar's assassination, Brutus and Cassius, in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. War of Actium and battle of Philippi are augustus, mark Antony, Roman Republican civil wars and second Triumvirate.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Caesarion

Ptolemy XV Caesar (Πτολεμαῖος Καῖσαρ,; 23 June 47 BC – 29 August 30 BC), nicknamed Caesarion (Καισαρίων,, "Little Caesar"), was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra VII from 2 September 44 BC until her death by 12 August 30 BC, then as sole ruler until his death was ordered by Octavian (who would become the first Roman emperor as Augustus).

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Caligula

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula, was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41.

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Cilicia

Cilicia is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (1 August – 13 October) was a Roman emperor, ruling from to 54.

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Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Κλεοπάτρα Θεά ΦιλοπάτωρThe name Cleopatra is pronounced, or sometimes in British English, see, the same as in American English.. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology);Also "Thea Neotera", lit.

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Cleopatra Selene II

Cleopatra Selene II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – BC; the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess, Queen of Numidia (briefly in 25 BC) and Mauretania (25 BC – 5 BC) and Queen of Cyrenaica (34 BC – 30 BC).

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Client state

In the field of international relations, a client state, is a state that is economically, politically, and militarily subordinated to a more powerful controlling state.

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Crisis of the Roman Republic

The crisis of the Roman Republic was an extended period of political instability and social unrest from about to 44 BC that culminated in the demise of the Roman Republic and the advent of the Roman Empire. War of Actium and crisis of the Roman Republic are 1st century BC in the Roman Republic and Roman Republican civil wars.

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Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica or Kyrenaika (Barqah, Kurēnaïkḗ, after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya.

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Death of Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old. War of Actium and Death of Cleopatra are 1st century BC in Egypt, 30 BC and Cleopatra.

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Donations of Alexandria

The Donations of Alexandria (autumn 34 BC) was a political act by Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony in which they distributed lands held by Rome and Parthia among Cleopatra's children and gave them many titles, especially for Caesarion, the son of Julius Caesar. War of Actium and Donations of Alexandria are 1st century BC in Egypt, 1st century BC in the Roman Republic, Cleopatra, mark Antony and second Triumvirate.

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Fabian strategy

The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection.

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Fall of Constantinople

The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire.

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Fall of the Western Roman Empire

The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities.

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Gaius Cassius Longinus

Gaius Cassius Longinus (– 3 October 42 BC) was a Roman senator and general best known as a leading instigator of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC.

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Gaius Maecenas

Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (13 April 68 BC – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian (who later reigned as emperor Augustus). War of Actium and Gaius Maecenas are augustus.

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Gaius Sosius

Gaius Sosius (39–17 BC) was a Roman general and politician who featured in the wars of the late Republic as a staunch supporter of Mark Antony.

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Gaul

Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.

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Greece in the Roman era

Greece in the Roman era (Greek: Έλλάς, Latin: Graecia) describes the Roman conquest of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically.

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Hellenistic-era warships

From the 4th century BC on, new types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and transforming naval warfare.

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Hispania

Hispania (Hispanía; Hispānia) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. War of Actium and Julius Caesar are Cleopatra.

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Laureys a Castro

Laureys a Castro or Lorenzo a Castro (March 1644 –) was a Flemish painter of marine views and portraits who is mainly known for his work carried out in England roughly between 1672 and 1700.

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Legionary

The Roman legionary (in Latin legionarius;: legionarii) was a citizen soldier of the Roman army.

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Legionary denarii (Mark Antony)

Legionary denarii is the modern name for a series of Roman silver denarius coins issued by Mark Antony in the eastern Mediterranean during the last war of the Roman Republic from 32 to 31 BC, in the lead up to the Battle of Actium. War of Actium and Legionary denarii (Mark Antony) are 1st century BC in the Roman Republic and mark Antony.

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Lepidus

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (89 BC – late 13 or early 12 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who formed the Second Triumvirate alongside Octavian and Mark Antony during the final years of the Roman Republic.

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Liburna

A liburna was a type of small galley used for raiding and patrols.

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List of Roman civil wars and revolts

This list of Roman civil wars and revolts includes civil wars and organized civil disorder, revolts, and rebellions in ancient Rome (Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, and Roman Empire) until the fall of the Western Roman Empire (753 BC – AD 476). War of Actium and list of Roman civil wars and revolts are Roman Republican civil wars.

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Lucius Arruntius (consul 22 BC)

Lucius Arruntius was a Roman admiral.

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Lucius Pinarius

Lucius Pinarius Scarpus (flourished 1st century BC) was a Roman who lived during the late Republic and the early Empire.

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Marcus Junius Brutus

Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar.

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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus.

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Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.

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Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people.

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Medes

The Medes (Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎭; Akkadian: 13px, 13px; Ancient Greek: Μῆδοι; Latin: Medi) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan).

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Messenia

Messenia or Messinia (Μεσσηνία) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece.

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Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.

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Octavia the Younger

Octavia the Younger (Octavia Minor; – 11 BC) was the elder sister of the first Roman emperor, Augustus (known also as Octavian), the half-sister of Octavia the Elder, and the fourth wife of Mark Antony.

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Parthia

Parthia (𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 Parθava; 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅Parθaw; 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 Pahlaw) is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran.

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Pax Romana

The (Latin for "Roman peace") is a roughly 200-year-long period of Roman history which is identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order, prosperous stability, hegemonic power, and regional expansion. War of Actium and Pax Romana are augustus.

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Pharaoh

Pharaoh (Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ|Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.

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Phoenicia

Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

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Power vacuum

In political science and political history, the term power vacuum, also known as a power void, is an analogy between a physical vacuum to the political condition "when someone in a place of power, has lost control of something and no one has replaced them." The situation can occur when a government has no identifiable central power or authority.

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Ptolemaic Kingdom

The Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. War of Actium and Ptolemaic Kingdom are 30 BC.

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Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra)

Ptolemy Philadelphus (Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φιλάδελφος, Ptolemaios Philadelphos, "Ptolemy the brother-loving", August/September 36 BC – 29 BC) was a Ptolemaic prince and was the youngest and fourth child of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and her third with Roman Triumvir Mark Antony.

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Publius Canidius Crassus

Publius Canidius Crassus (died 30 BC) was a Roman general and Mark Antony's lieutenant.

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Roman consul

A consul was the highest elected public official of the Roman Republic (to 27 BC).

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Roman Egypt

Roman Egypt; was an imperial province of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641. War of Actium and Roman Egypt are 30 BC.

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Roman emperor

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman Italy

Italia (in both the Latin and Italian languages), also referred to as Roman Italy, was the homeland of the ancient Romans.

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Roman legion

The Roman legion (legiō), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries.

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Roman province

The Roman provinces (pl.) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Roman Senate

The Roman Senate (Senātus Rōmānus) was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy.

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Roman Syria

Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria.

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Roman triumph

The Roman triumph (triumphus) was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a military commander who had led Roman forces to victory in the service of the state or, in some historical traditions, one who had successfully completed a foreign war.

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Second Triumvirate

The Second Triumvirate was an extraordinary commission and magistracy created for Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian to give them practically absolute power. War of Actium and Second Triumvirate are 1st century BC in the Roman Republic, augustus and mark Antony.

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SPQR

SPQR, an initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus, is an emblematic phrase referring to the government of the Roman Republic.

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Strabo

StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.

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Tarcondimotus I

Tarcondimotus I (Ταρκονδίμοτος; died 31 BC) was a Roman client king of Cilicia, who played a role in the Roman civil wars of the late Roman Republic.

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Temple of Vesta

The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin Aedes Vestae; Italian: Tempio di Vesta), is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy.

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Titus Statilius Taurus

Titus Statilius Taurus was the name of a line of Roman senators.

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See also

1st century BC in Egypt

30 BC

30s BC conflicts

32 BC

Cleopatra

Crisis of the Roman Republic

Mark Antony

Roman Republican civil wars

Second Triumvirate

Wars involving the Ptolemaic Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Actium

Also known as Antony's Civil War, Civil war between Antony and Octavian, Final War of the Roman Republic, Last War of the Roman Republic, Roman conquest of Egypt, Two Caesars are one too many, War between Antony and Octavian.

, Octavia the Younger, Parthia, Pax Romana, Pharaoh, Phoenicia, Power vacuum, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra), Publius Canidius Crassus, Roman consul, Roman Egypt, Roman emperor, Roman Empire, Roman Italy, Roman legion, Roman province, Roman Republic, Roman Senate, Roman Syria, Roman triumph, Second Triumvirate, SPQR, Strabo, Tarcondimotus I, Temple of Vesta, Titus Statilius Taurus.